Is there any scapegoat around? Determinants of intergroup conflicts at different categorization levels

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1090-1102

  Kessler, Thomas ^a   Mummendey, Amélie ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047686426     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.6.1090     Document Type: Article

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