Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones, but Ethnophaulisms Can Alter the Portrayal of Immigrants to Children

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-260

  Mullen, Brian ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic immigrants; Ethnic slurs; Ethnophaulisms; Portrayals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIGRATION; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MUSIC; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0942300558     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203259937     Document Type: Article

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