The double negative effect: The (almost) paradoxical role of the individual self in minority and majority members' information processing

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-93

  Simon, Bernd ^a   Aufderheide, Birgit ^a   Hastedt, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 9444231813     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466600164345     Document Type: Article

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