'Changing attitudes with a little imagination': Imagined contact effects on young children's intergroup bias;"Cambiar las actitudes con un poco de imaginación". Efectos del contacto imaginado en los sesgos intergrupales de los niños pequeños

Anales de Psicologia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 708-717

  Cameron, Lindsey ^a   Rutland, Adam ^a   Turner, Rhiannon ^b   Holman Nicolas, Rosie ^a   Powell, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disabled children; Imagined contact; Intergroup bias; Prejudice; Social attitudes; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052726057     PISSN: 02129728     EISSN: 16952294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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