Rejected! cognitions of rejection and intergroup anxiety as mediators of the impact of cross-group friendships on prejudice

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-405

  Barlow, Fiona Kate ^a   Louis, Winnifred R ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; QUEENSLAND; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350020890     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X387089     Document Type: Article

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