The impact of education and intergroup friendship on the development of ethnocentrism. A latent growth curve model analysis of a five-year panel study among belgian late adolescents

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1109-1121

  Hooghe, Marc ^a   Meeusen, Cecil ^a   Quintelier, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84890584308     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs086     Document Type: Article

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