Neighborhood Ethnic Diversity and Trust: The Role of Intergroup Contact and Perceived Threat

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 665-674

  Schmid, Katharina ^a   Ramiah, Ananthi Al ^b   Hewstone, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

in group trust; intergroup contact; intergroup dynamics; neighborhood diversity; neighborhood trust; out group trust; perceived threat; racial and ethnic attitudes and relations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896693211     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613508956     Document Type: Article

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