Automatically activated racial attitudes as predictors of the success of interracial roommate relationships

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 698-705

  Towles Schwen, Tamara ^a   Fazio, Russell H ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal relationships; Prejudice; Racial attitudes; Roommates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746603191     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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