Social identity threat in response to stereotypic film portrayals: Effects on self-conscious emotion and implicit ingroup attitudes

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-72

  Schmader, Toni ^a   Block, Katharina ^a   Lickel, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84924447654     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12096     Document Type: Article

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