Intergroup Anxiety: Theory, Research, and Practice

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-255

  Stephan, Walter G ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intergroup anxiety; intergroup attitudes; intergroup contact; intergroup relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907497667     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: 15327957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868314530518     Document Type: Article

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