Unprejudiced and self-focused: When intergroup contact is experienced as being about the ingroup rather than the outgroup

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 912-919

  Vorauer, Jacquie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective self esteem; Evaluative concerns; Generalization; Intergroup contact; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549099102     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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