Effect of exposure to an American Indian mascot on the tendency to stereotype a different minority group

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 534-553

  Kim Prieto, Chu ^a   Goldstein, Lizabeth A ^b   Okazaki, Sumie ^c   Kirschner, Blake ^d  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Pacific University   (United States)

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EID: 77952687074     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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