What will the others think? In-group norms as a mediator of the effects of intergroup contact

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-523

  de Tezanos Pinto, Pablo ^a   Bratt, Christopher ^b   Brown, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 77957796785     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X471020     Document Type: Article

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