Does unfairness feel different if it can be linked to group membership? Cognitive, affective, behavioral and physiological implications of discrimination and unfairness

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-103

  Dover, Tessa L ^a   Major, Brenda ^a   Kunstman, Jonathan W ^a   Sawyer, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Threat; Discrimination; Group status; Sychophysiology; System legitimizing ideologies; Unfairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911936402     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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