EUROPEAN REVIEW OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY V5

The European Review of Social Psychology is an annual series that reflects the dynamism of social psychology in Europe and the attention now paid to European ideas and research. Although open to authors from all nations, one of its major purposes is to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of theoretical and empirical work that has not been previously published in English. With the help of an editorial board consisting of senior scholars from various European countries and the USA, the editors invite outstanding researchers to contribute to these volumes. The emphasis of these contributions is on critical assessment of major areas of research and of substantial individual programmes of research as well as on topics and initiatives of contemporary interest and originality. The authors of this fifth volume are drawn from Europe and the United States, and represent the international scope and quality which are the hallmarks of this series.

About the editors-- Wolfgang Stroebe has published widely on the topics of attitudes, psychology and economics, group processes, intergroup relations and bereavement. He has been President of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology and is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Utrecht and editor of Psychologische Rundschau. Miles Hewstone has published widely on the topics of attribution theory and intergroup relations. He was awarded the British Psychology Society's Spearman Medal in 1987 and was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California. He is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wales, College of Cardiff.