The Influence of Status on the Relationship between Intergroup Contact, Threat, and Prejudice in the Context of a Nation-building Intervention in Malaysia

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1202-1229

  Ramiah, Ananthi Al ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Little, Todd D ^c   Lang, Kyle ^c  

^a YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

group status; integrated threat theory; intergroup contact; intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907191578     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002713492634     Document Type: Article

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