Perceived discrimination of immigrant adolescents in greece how does group discrimination translate into personal discrimination?

European Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-104

  Motti Stefanidi, Frosso ^a   Asendorpf, Jens B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Group and personal discrimination discrepancy; Immigration; Individual differences; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861595395     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000116     Document Type: Review

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