Insecure Status Relations Shape Preferences for the Content of Intergroup Contact

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1030-1042

  Saguy, Tamar ^a   Dovidio, John F ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intergroup contact; legitimacy; stability; status

Indexed keywords

STATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERGROUP CONTACT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGITIMACY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; STABILITY;

INTERGROUP CONTACT; LEGITIMACY; STABILITY; STATUS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84879916071     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213487078     Document Type: Article

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