Reducing Intergroup Prejudice and Conflict: A Commentary

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 588-593

  Staub, Ervin ^a   Pearlman, Laurie Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Education   (United States)

Author keywords

educational radio; genocide; prevention; reconciliation; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RWANDA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRAMA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RADIO; RWANDA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649105736     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014045     Document Type: Article

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