Terrorist threat and perceived islamic support for terrorist attacks as predictors of personal and institutional out-group discrimination and support for anti-immigration policies - Evidence from 9 European countries

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 203-233

  Doosje, Bertjan ^a   Zimmermann, Anja ^b   Küpper, Beate ^c   Zick, Andreas ^c   Meertens, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blatant prejudice; Discrimination; Muslims; Out group; Subde prejudice; Terrorist threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955314508     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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