Direct and indirect intergroup friendship effects: Testing the moderating role of the affective-cognitive bases of prejudice

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1406-1420

  Paolini, Stefania ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Cairns, Ed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action tendencies; Affect; Attitude structure; Friendship; Northern Ireland; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548240066     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207304788     Document Type: Article

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