Contact with out-group friends as a predictor of meta-attitudinal strength and accessibility of attitudes toward gay men

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 804-820

  Vonofakou, Christiana ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^a   Voci, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitude accessibility; Cross group friendships; Intergroup contact; Meta attitudinal strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34248365313     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.804     Document Type: Article

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