Findings, theories and methods in the study of children's national identifications and national attitudes

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-24

  Barrett, Martyn ^a   Oppenheimer, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental theories; Intergroup attitudes; Methodology; National attitudes; National identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251513934     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2010.533955     Document Type: Article

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