Prejudice against Muslims: Anxiety as a mediator between intergroup contact and attitudes, perceived group variability and behavioural intentions

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-61

  Hutchison, Paul ^a   Rosenthal, Harriet E S ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Contact; Discrimination; Islam; Muslim; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; ISLAMISM; RACIAL DISPARITY; RESEARCH WORK; STUDENT;

EID: 78649917557     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419871003763312     Document Type: Article

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