Self-uncertainty, social identity prominence and group identification

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 538-542

  Grant, Fiona ^a   Hogg, Michael A ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group identification; Intergroup behavior; Social identity; Social identity complexity; Social identity prominence; Uncertainty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857140364     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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