When different means bad or merely worse. How minimal and maximal goals affect ingroup projection and outgroup attitudes

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 682-690

  Berthold, Anne ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^a   Kessler, Thomas ^a   Luecke, Bastian ^a   Schubert, Thomas ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

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EID: 84866531854     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1878     Document Type: Article

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