Examining interracial marriage attitudes as value expressive attitudes

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-38

  Dunleavy, Victoria Orrego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude functions; Interracial marriage; Value expressive attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247670265     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170490275369     Document Type: Article

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