Out-group trust, intergroup anxiety, and out-group attitude as mediators of the effect of imagined intergroup contact on intergroup behavioral tendencies

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Rhiannon N ^a   West, Keon ^b   Christie, Zara ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878784540     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12019     Document Type: Article

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