Predictors and consequences of negative attitudes toward immigrants in Belgium and Turkey: The role of acculturation preferences and economic competition

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-169

  Zagefka, Hanna ^a   Brown, Rupert ^b   Broquard, Murielle ^c   Martin, Sibel Leventoglu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BELGIUM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BELGIUM; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGATIVISM; PREJUDICE; TURKEY;

EID: 33947708325     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466606X111185     Document Type: Article

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