Attachment theory and intergroup bias: Evidence that priming the secure base schema attenuates negative reactions to out-groups

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-115

  Mikulincer, Mario ^b   Shaver, Phillip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 85047685379     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.1.97     Document Type: Article

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