Secondary transfer effects of interracial contact: The moderating role of social status

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Bowman, Nicholas A ^a   Griffin, Tiffany M ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup contact; Mediated moderation; Race ethnicity; Secondary transfer effect; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERRACIAL CONTACT; MALE; NEGRO; SECONDARY TRANSFER EFFECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84861134236     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026745     Document Type: Article

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