Why are some people more susceptible to ingroup threat than others? The importance of a relative extrinsic to intrinsic value orientation

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-172

  Duriez, Bart ^a   Meeus, Joke ^b   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extrinsic goals; Feelings of threat; Goals; Intrinsic goals; Outgroup attitudes; Threat; Threat induction; Threat perceptions; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858008528     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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