Shooting the Messenger to Spite the Message? Exploring Reactions to Claims of Racial Bias

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-358

  Schultz, Jennifer R ^a   Maddox, Keith B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confrontation; discrimination; ideologies; prejudice; race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; RACISM; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84873711289     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212475223     Document Type: Article

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