Collective self and individual choice: The effects of inter-group comparative context on environmental values and behaviour

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-569

  Rabinovich, Anna ^a   Morton, Thomas A ^a   Postmes, Tom ^b   Verplanken, Bas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84870657847     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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