Why did you choose that person over me? Ingroup rejection and attributions to discrimination

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1225-1233

  O'Brien, Laurie T ^a   Major, Brenda ^b   Simon, Stefanie ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution to discrimination; Ingroup bias; Ingroup rejection; Loyalty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865617955     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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