Group status, outgroup ethnicity and children's ethnic attitudes

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-251

  Nesdale, Drew ^a   Durkin, Kevin ^b   Maass, Anne ^c   Griffiths, Judith ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnic attitudes; Ingroup outgroup; Prejudice; Social identity development; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 1842782294     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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