Less Biased Under Threat? Self-Verificatory Reactions to Social Identity Threat Among Groups With Negative Self-Stereotypes

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2249-2267

  Bilewicz, Michal ^a   Kofta, Miroslaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 80053084544     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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