Improving children's attitudes toward refugees: An evaluation of a school-based multicultural curriculum and an anti-racist intervention

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1295-1328

  Turner, Rhiannon N ^a   Brown, Rupert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 42149183206     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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