Routes to positive interracial interactions: Approaching egalitarianism or avoiding prejudice

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1135-1147

  Plant, E Ashby ^a   Devine, Patricia G ^b   Peruche, Michelle B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

egalitarianism; intergroup processes; interracial interactions; motivation; prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RACE RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956239929     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210378018     Document Type: Article

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