Meta-stereotypes of groups with opposite religious views: Believers and non-believers

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 484-498

  Saroglou, Vassilis ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a   Kaschten, Cécile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atheism; Dogmatism; Intergroup perceptions; Meta stereotypes; Personality; Prosociality; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055014873     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1123     Document Type: Article

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