Devaluing domains in response to threatening intergroup comparisons: Perceived legitimacy and the status value asymmetry

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 782-796

  Schmader, Toni ^b   Major, Brenda ^a   Eccleston, Collette P ^a   McCoy, Shannon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 85047683001     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.5.782     Document Type: Article

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