Young children's responses to media representations of intergroup threat and ethnicity

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-476

  Durkin, Kevin ^a   Nesdale, Drew ^b   Dempsey, Gemma ^a   Mclean, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TELEVISION;

EID: 84865014576     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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