Living with an other-race roommate shapes Whites' behavior in subsequent diverse settings

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-276

  Gaither, Sarah E ^a   Sommers, Samuel R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup contact; Interracial interaction; Interracial relationship; Roommate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871435669     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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