Intergroup contact buffers against the intergenerational transmission of authoritarianism and racial prejudice

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-234

  Dhont, Kristof ^a   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Authoritarianism; Intergenerational transmission; Intergroup contact; Prejudice; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858005839     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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