Indirect contact through book reading: Improving adolescents' attitudes and behavioral intentions toward immigrants

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-162

  Vezzali, Loris ^a   Stathi, Sofia ^b   Giovannini, Dino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855980281     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20621     Document Type: Article

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