Interethnic and interracial dating in college: A longitudinal study

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-341

  Levin, Shana ^a   Taylor, Pamela L ^b   Caudle, Elena ^a  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College dating; Group identification; Ingroup bias; Interethnic dating; Intergroup anxiety; Intergroup contact; Interracial dating; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249736475     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507077225     Document Type: Article

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