Seeing red: How perceptions of social status and worth influence hostile attributions and endorsement of aggression

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 728-747

  Davis, James R ^a   Reyna, Christine ^b  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hostile attributions; Hostility; Reactive aggression; Social cognition; Social rejection; Social status; Social value; Social worth; Societal devaluation; Socioeconomic status; Stigma compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84954369953     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12109     Document Type: Article

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