Religion insulates ingroup evaluations: The development of intergroup attitudes in India

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 311-319

  Dunham, Yarrow ^a   Srinivasan, Mahesh ^b   Dotsch, Ron ^c   Barner, David ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84894421366     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12105     Document Type: Article

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