Friendships influence hispanic students' implicit attitudes toward white non-hispanics relative to African Americans

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-556

  Aberson, Christopher L ^a   Porter, Michael K ^b   Gaffney, Amber M ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tallahassee Community College   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Explicit prejudice; Friendships; Implicit prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649096655     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986308324804     Document Type: Article

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