Can intergroup contact improve humanity attributions?

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 527-541

  Capozza, Dora ^a   Trifiletti, Elena ^a   Vezzali, Loris ^b   Favara, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group representations; Humanity attributions; Intergroup anxiety; Intergroup contact; Intergroup empathy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ITALY; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ANXIETY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84881589936     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.688132     Document Type: Article

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