Role of perceived importance in intergroup contact

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-227

  Van Dick, Rolf ^a,h   Pettigrew, Thomas F ^b   Wolf, Carina ^c   Castro, Vanessa Smith ^d   Wagner, Ulrich ^e   Christ, Oliver ^e   Petzel, Thomas ^f   Jackson, James S ^g  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^f LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3543022719     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.2.211     Document Type: Article

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