Self-Evaluation: Information Seeking Strategies for Inter-ethnic Social Comparison.

Aboud, Frances E.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Self-Evaluation: Information Seeking Strategies for Inter-ethnic Social Comparison

Aboud, Frances E.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 7, 3, 289-300, Sep 76

Ethnic information seeking is discussed in terms of three strategies (seeking in-group information, seeking out-group information, and seeking group-enhancement information) and the differential use of these strategies by minority and majority students. (Author)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Group Status, Information Networks, Information Seeking, Majority Attitudes, Minority Groups, Self Evaluation, Social Status

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