The double-edged swor d of negative in-group stereotyping

Social Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-30

  Burkley, Melissa ^a   Andrade, Angela ^a   Stermer, S Paul ^a   Bell, Angela C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879770187     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2013.31.1.15     Document Type: Article

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