The Psychological Impact of Prejudice

On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years after Allport

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 139-154

  Major, Brenda ^a   Vick, S Brooke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feelings of anxiety; Group identification; Prejudice; Psychological impact; Psychology of stigmatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889481435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773963.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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