The influence of prejudice and stereotypes on anticipated affect: Feelings about a potentially negative interaction with another ethnic group

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 589-601

  Gordijn, Ernestine ^a   Finchilescu, Gillian ^b   Brix, Louise ^c   Wijnants, Nienke ^c   Koomen, Willem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural stereotypes; Intergroup anxiety; Intergroup contact; Meta stereotypes; Prejudice; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549088699     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630803800401     Document Type: Article

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