Attitudes toward out-groups and the perception of consensus: All feet do not wear one shoe

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 543-557

  Pedersen, Anne ^a   Griffiths, Brian ^b   Watt, Susan E ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Indigenous Australians; Prejudice; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849111027     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.964     Document Type: Article

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