The impact of a prejudice-prevention television program on young children's ideas about race

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-546

  Persson, Anna ^a   Musher Eizenman, Dara R ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Multicultural; Prejudice; Preschool children; Race; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345374674     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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