Translating Recategorization Strategies Into an Antibias Educational Intervention

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Guerra, Rita ^a   Rebelo, Margarida ^b   Monteiro, Maria B ^c   Gaertner, Samuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

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EID: 84872659090     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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