Recent advances in intergroup contact theory

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Pettigrew, Thomas F ^a   Tropp, Linda R ^b   Wagner, Ulrich ^c   Christ, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indirect contact; Intergroup contact; Negative contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955921444     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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