We must not be enemies: Interracial contact and the reduction of prejudice among authoritarians

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-177

  Dhont, Kristof ^a   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Intergroup contact; Prejudice; Racism; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649091192     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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