Singled Out as the Effect to be Explained: Implications for Collective Self-Esteem

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-249

  Bruckmüller, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

framing; group differences; handedness; singlism; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873426160     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212471686     Document Type: Article

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