Modifying ethnic attitudes in young children: The impact of communicator race and message strength

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-191

  Johnson, Philip Jai ^a   Aboud, Frances E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

antibias messages; communicator race; ethnic attitudes; prejudice reduction; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

EID: 84877787941     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025412466522     Document Type: Article

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