Imagining intergroup contact promotes projection to outgroups

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 943-957

  Stathi, Sofia ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imagined contact; Indirect contact; Intergroup contact; Social projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649113843     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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