Group norms, threat, and children's racial prejudice

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 652-663

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

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AROUSAL; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 19744363574     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00869.x     Document Type: Review

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