Intergroup friendship and children's intentions for social exclusion in integrative classrooms: The moderating role of teachers' diversity beliefs

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 481-494

  Grütter, Jeanine ^a   Meyer, Bertolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84903629670     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12240     Document Type: Article

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