The company you keep: Fear of rejection in intergroup interaction

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 221-227

  Shapiro, Jenessa R ^a   Baldwin, Matthew ^b   Williams, Amy M ^a   Trawalter, Sophie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup interaction; Intergroup relations; Rejection concerns; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650027458     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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