Changing the ideological roots of prejudice: Longitudinal effects of ethnic intergroup contact on social dominance orientation

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-44

  Dhont, Kristof ^a   Van Hiel, Alain ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross lagged design; Intergroup contact; Longitudinal; Prejudice; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897583866     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430213497064     Document Type: Article

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