Reducing prejudice via direct and extended cross-group friendship

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 212-255

  Turner, Rhiannon N ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Voci, Alberto ^c   Paolini, Stefania ^d   Christ, Oliver ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct contact; Extended contact; Intergroup anxiety; Norms; Prejudice; Segregation; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149170663     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463280701680297     Document Type: Article

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