Learning to be prejudiced: A test of unidirectional and bidirectional models of parent-offspring socialization

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 516-523

  Rodríguez García, José Miguel ^a   Wagner, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bidirectional; Costa Rica; Ethnic majority; Prejudice; Socialization; Unidirectional

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349975985     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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