Perceived intergroup threat and attitudes of host community members toward immigrant acculturation

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-648

  Florack, Arnd ^a   Piontkowski, Ursula ^a   Rohmann, Anette ^a   Balzer, Tanja ^a   Perzig, Steffi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation attitudes; Prejudice; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0642272944     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540309598468     Document Type: Article

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