Confronting prejudice: The who, what, and why of confrontation effectiveness

Social Influence

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 280-293

  Gulker, Jill E ^a   Mark, Aimee Y ^b   Monteith, Margo J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confrontation; Prejudice reduction; Racism; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883509548     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2012.736879     Document Type: Article

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