I am against us? Unpacking cultural differences in ingroup favoritism via dialecticism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-27

  Ma Kellams, Christine ^a   Spencer Rodgers, Julie ^a,c   Peng, Kaiping ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dialecticism; East Asian cultural groups; ingroup derogation; ingroup favoritism; lay theories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650444106     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210388193     Document Type: Article

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