The relationship between direct and indirect cross-group friendships and outgroup humanization:emotional and cognitive mediators

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 383-397

  Capozza, Dora ^a   Falvo, Rossella ^a   Favara, Irene ^a   Trifiletti, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross group friendships; Extended contact; Inclusion of the outgroup in the self; Ingroup and outgroup norms; Outgroup humanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897693436     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4473/TPM20.4.6     Document Type: Article

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