Imagining intergroup contact enables member-to-group generalization

Group Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-284

  Stathi, Sofia ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^a   Hogg, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Generalization; Prejudice; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052907548     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023752     Document Type: Article

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