The cortisol response to anticipated intergroup interactions predicts self-reported prejudice.

OBJECTIVES: While prejudice has often been shown to be rooted in experiences of threat, the biological underpinnings of this threat-prejudice association have received less research attention. The present experiment aims to test whether activations of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, d...

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Main Authors: Erik Bijleveld, Daan Scheepers, Naomi Ellemers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3307755?pdf=render