Is the world a just place? Countering the negative consequences of pervasive discrimination by affirming the world as just

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-500

  Stroebe, Katherine ^a   Dovidio, John F ^b   Barreto, Manuela ^c,d   Ellemers, Naomi ^c   John, Melissa Sue ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052418706     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466610X523057     Document Type: Article

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