Intergroup contact and reduction of explicit and implicit prejudice toward immigrants: A study with Italian businessmen owning small and medium enterprises

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-222

  Vezzali, Loris ^a   Giovannini, Dino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact hypothesis; Implicit attitudes; Intergroup contact; Negative outgroup stereotypes; Prejudice reduction; Social policies support

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650196424     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-010-9366-0     Document Type: Article

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