Rejection as a call to arms: Inter-racial hostility and support for political action as outcomes of race-based rejection in majority and minority groups

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-177

  Barlow, Fiona Kate ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^b   Hornsey, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84858760427     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02040.x     Document Type: Article

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