Context effects on Scottish national and European self-categorization: The importance of category accessibility, fragility and relations

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 495-519

  Rutland, Adam ^a,c   Cinnirella, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCOTLAND; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 9444238030     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466600164606     Document Type: Article

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