The Impact of Perceived Social Norms, Gender, and Intergroup Anxiety on the Relationship Between Intergroup Contact and Ethnic Attitudes of Adolescents

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1877-1899

  Mähönen, Tuuli Anna ^a   Jasinskaja Lahti, Inga ^a   Liebkind, Karmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 80051614323     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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