Intergroup contact and the projection of positivity

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 580-591

  Stathi, Sofia ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intergroup anxiety; Intergroup bias; Intergroup contact; Intergroup relations; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957838979     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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