Coping with interracial stress in ethnically diverse classrooms: How important are Allport's contact conditions?

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 813-830

  Marcus Newhall, Amy ^a,c   Heindl, Timothy R ^b,d  

^a SCRIPPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SPSSI   (United States)

^d NAACP   (United States)

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EID: 0002291051     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1998.tb01250.x     Document Type: Article

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