Individual-level and group-level mediators of contact effects in Northern Ireland: The moderating role of social identification

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-556

  Tausch, Nicole ^a   Tam, Tania ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^a   Kenworthy, Jared ^b   Cairns, Ed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CATHOLICISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; PEER GROUP; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRUST;

EID: 34948889933     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466606X155150     Document Type: Article

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