A Test of the Extended Intergroup Contact Hypothesis: The Mediating Role of Intergroup Anxiety, Perceived Ingroup and Outgroup Norms, and Inclusion of the Outgroup in the Self

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-860

  Turner, Rhiannon N ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Voci, Alberto ^c   Vonofakou, Christiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

extended intergroup contact; inclusion of the outgroup in the self; ingroup norms; intergroup anxiety; outgroup norms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54949094654     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0011434     Document Type: Article

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