Changing youths' attitudes toward difference: A community-based model that works

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-64

  Otis, Melanie D ^a   Loeffler, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Diversity; Inter group relations; Prejudice; Youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747391979     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v28n01_04     Document Type: Article

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