Proxemic behaviors as predictors of aggression towards Black (but not White) males in an immersive virtual environment

Social Influence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-154

  McCall, Cade ^a   Blascovich, Jim ^a   Young, Ariana ^a   Persky, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Implicit attitudes; Nonverbal behavior; Prejudice; Proxemics

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649121086     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510802517418     Document Type: Article

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