Intergroup Competition, Attitudinal Projection, and Opinion Certainty: Capitalizing on Conflict

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-73

  Holtz, Rolf ^a   Miller, Norman ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude strength; attitudes; intergroup competition; social projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993783306     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430201041005     Document Type: Article

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