Processing of social identity threats : A defense motivation perspective

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 361-372

  De Hoog, Natascha ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defense motivation; Information processing; Social identity threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892958234     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000133     Document Type: Article

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