Protesters as "Passionate Economists": A Dynamic Dual Pathway Model of Approach Coping With Collective Disadvantage

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-199

  van Zomeren, Martijn ^a   Leach, Colin Wayne ^b   Spears, Russell ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotion; expectancies; goals; group processes; intergroup relations; justice; motivation; prejudice; self identity; social identity; stereotyping; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859397817     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868311430835     Document Type: Review

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