Publications

Publication details [#44788]

Foster, Mindi D., Lisa Sloto and Richard Ruby. 2006. Responding to Discrimination as a Function of Meritocracy Beliefs and Personal Experiences: Testing the Model of Shattered Assumptions. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 9 (3) : 401–411.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

assumption | disadvantage | ethnicity | gender | self-reference

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This study explores whether Janoff-Bulman's model of shattered assumptions is applicable to the reactions of victims of discrimination, predicting disadvantaged group members' responses to discrimination from their meritocracy beliefs and personal discrimination experiences.