The influence of target group status on the perception of the offensiveness of group-based slurs

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 185-192

  Henry, P J ^a   Butler, Sarah E ^b   Brandt, Mark J ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group based insults; Group based status; Intergroup relations; Prejudice; Taboos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898933375     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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