It's never too late for 'us' to meet 'them': Prior intergroup friendships moderate the impact of later intergroup friendships in educational settings

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-75

  Al Ramiah, Ananthi ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^a   Voci, Alberto ^b   Cairns, Ed ^c   Hughes, Joanne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CATHOLICISM; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREJUDICE; PROTESTANTISM; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873120041     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02054.x     Document Type: Article

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