title: Social explanations and self-esteem in Northern Ireland.
abstract: The relationship between group-serving attributional biases and self-esteem among Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland was examined. There was little evidence of any consistently positive association between these variables. Differential patterns of group-serving biases were clearly evident. The Catholics demonstrated more pronounced levels of bias, whereas the Protestants tended to be more selective about the dimensions on which they displayed discrimination. These differential patterns of bias were consistent with each group's relative status position.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Ulster, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stringer
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002410:Catholicism; D002835:Christianity; D002960:Civil Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009660:Northern Ireland; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception