Meta-stereotypes, social image and help seeking: Dependency-related meta-stereotypes reduce help-seeking behaviour

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 363-372

  Wakefield, Juliet R H ^a   Hopkins, Nick ^a   Greenwood, Ronni Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Help seeking behaviour; Meta stereotypes; Social identity; Social image

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882833184     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2126     Document Type: Article

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