Attitudes toward the culturally different: The role of intercultural communication barriers, affective responses, consensual stereotypes, and perceived threat

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 609-631

  Spencer Rodgers, Julie ^a   McGovern, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication apprehension; Contact hypothesis; Foreign students; Intercultural communication; Intergroup anxiety; Intergroup emotions; Intergroup relations; International students; Prejudice; Stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036830054     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(02)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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