You can win but I can't lose: Bias against high-status groups increases their zero-sum beliefs about discrimination

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-14

  Wilkins, Clara L ^a   Wellman, Joseph D ^b   Babbitt, Laura G ^c   Toosi, Negin R ^d   Schad, Katherine D ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti male sexism; Anti White bias; Discrimination; Zero sum beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911379275     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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