Group status drives majority and minority integration preferences

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-52

  Hehman, Eric ^a   Gaertner, Samuel L ^a   Dovidio, John F ^b   Mania, Eric W ^c   Guerra, Rita ^d   Wilson, David C ^a   Friel, Brian M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Quinsigamond Community College   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^e DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration; intergroup dynamics; minority groups; racial and ethnic attitudes and relations; sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855475825     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611423547     Document Type: Article

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