Ethnic identity and discrimination among children

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1156-1169

  Friesen, Jane ^a   Arifovic, Jasmina ^a   Wright, Stephen C ^a   Ludwig, Andreas ^a   Giamo, Lisa ^a   Baray, Gamze ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Altruism; Children; Discrimination; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866305803     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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