Prejudice and minority proportion: Contact instead of threat effects

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 380-390

  Wagner, Ulrich ^a   Christ, Oliver ^a   Pettigrew, Thomas F ^b   Stellmacher, Jost ^a   Wolf, Carina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33847068798     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019027250606900406     Document Type: Article

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