Changing children's intergroup attitudes toward refugees: Testing different models of extended contact

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1208-1219

  Cameron, Lindsey ^a   Rutland, Adam ^a   Brown, Rupert ^b   Douch, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; REFUGEES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33749030691     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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