Outgroup Helping as a Tool to Communicate Ingroup Warmth

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 772-783

  van Leeuwen, Esther ^a   Täuber, Susanne ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

intergroup helping; intergroup relations; metastereotypes; prosocial behavior; social identity; strategic helping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84861666339     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211436253     Document Type: Article

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