It is who you know that counts: Intergroup contact and judgments about race-based exclusion

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-70

  Crystal, David S ^a   Killen, Melanie ^b   Ruck, Martin ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 41549141872     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151007X198910     Document Type: Article

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