Peer pressure against prejudice: A high school field experiment examining social network change

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Paluck, Elizabeth Levy ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup relations; Peer influence; Prejudice reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651471680     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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