Contact models and intergroup relations in an Italian area bordering on Austria

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-81

  Vezzali, Loris ^a   Capozza, Dora ^a   Mari, Silvia ^a   Hichy, Zira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common ingroup identity model; Contact modes; Dual identity model; Intergroup contact theory; Linguistic groups in south tyrol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878326368     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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