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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 29, 2014 - Issue 1
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Research Paper / Artículo de Investigación

The perception of realistic and symbolic threat and its influence on prejudice, ingroup favouritism and prosocial response: The native population in the face of immigration / Percepción de amenaza realista y simbólica, su influencia sobre el prejuicio, el favoritismo endogrupal y la respuesta prosocial: la población nativa ante la inmigración

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Pages 60-89 | Received 22 Mar 2012, Accepted 15 Nov 2012, Published online: 27 Feb 2014

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