Is intergroup contact beneficial among intolerant people?: Exploring individual differences in the benefits of contact on attitudes

Advances in Intergroup Contact

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-80

  Hodson, Gordon ^a   Costello, Kimberly ^a   MacInnis, Cara C ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84880701311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203095461     Document Type: Chapter

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