Identity and attitudinal reactions to perceptions of inter-group interactions among ethnic migrants: A longitudinal study

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-329

  Jasinskaja Lahti, Inga ^a   Mähönen, Tuuli Anna ^a   Liebkind, Karmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RUSSIA; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862251522     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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