Extended Contact and Including Others in the Self: Building on the Allport/Pettigrew Legacy

Improving Intergroup Relations: Building on the Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-159

  Wright, Stephen C ^a   Aron, Arthur ^b   Brody, Salena M ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Environmental Science   (United States)

Author keywords

"friend of a friend" inclusion process; "teamwork profile survey"; Extended contact; Extended intergroup contact hypothesis; Implications and new developments; Mechanisms anxiety reduction, changing perceived norms, and transitory inclusion in self

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952092837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303117.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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