The relation between polyculturalism and intergroup attitudes among racially and ethnically diverse adults

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Rosenthal, Lisa ^a   Levy, Sheri R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorblind; Diversity; Intergroup attitudes; Multiculturalism; Polyculturalism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; COLOR BLINDNESS; COMFORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; IMMIGRATION; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUP PROCESS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861130331     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026490     Document Type: Article

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