'Be prepared': An implemental mindset for alleviating social-identity threat

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 585-594

  Dennehy, Tara C ^a   Ben Zeev, Avi ^b   Tanigawa, Noriko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberative mindset; Implemental mindset; Socioeconomic status; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOTYPING;

AGGRESSION; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84925349398     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12071     Document Type: Article

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