Social identities, group norms, and threat: On the malleability of ingroup bias

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-93

  Giannakakis, Andrew Erik ^a   Fritsche, Immo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

ingroup bias; social identity; social norms; terror management; threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650497363     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210386120     Document Type: Article

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