Getting acquainted in interracial interactions: Avoiding intimacy but approaching race

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-571

  Johnson, Camille S ^a   Olson, Michael A ^b,d   Fazio, Russell H ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Intergroup interactions; Self disclosure; Self presentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 65449131203     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208331160     Document Type: Article

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