Searching for acceptance: Prejudice expectations direct attention towards social acceptance cues when under a promotion focus

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-538

  Ståhl, Tomas ^a   van Laar, Colette ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Derks, Belle ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

prejudice expectations; regulatory focus; selective attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863195074     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211435485     Document Type: Article

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