The effect of a major event on stereotyping: Terrorist attacks in Israel and Israeli adolescents' perceptions of Palestinians, Jordanians and Arabs

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-280

  Bar Tal, Daniel ^a   Labin, Daniela ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035324783     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.43     Document Type: Article

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