Extended intergroup friendships within social settings: The moderating role of initial outgroup attitudes

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 752-770

  Munniksma, Anke ^a   Stark, Tobias H ^b,c   Verkuyten, Maykel ^b   Flache, Andreas ^a   Veenstra, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extended intergroup friendships; intergroup friendships; outgroup attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885825110     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430213486207     Document Type: Article

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