The utility of Allport's conditions of intergroup contact for predicting perceptions of improved racial attitudes and beliefs

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 795-812

  Wittig, Michele Andrisin ^a,b,c   Grant Thompson, Sheila ^a,d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPSSI   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0010625866     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1998.tb01249.x     Document Type: Article

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