Urban residents' subtle prejudice towards rural-to-urban migrants in China: The role of socioeconomic status and adaptation styles

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-216

  Yang, Huadong ^a   Tian, Lili ^b   van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^c   Hofstra, Jacomijn ^c   Wang, Qing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adaptation styles; Rural to urban migration; Socioeconomic status; Subtle prejudice; Urban residents

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955620674     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1033     Document Type: Article

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