Improving intergroup relations with extended and vicarious forms of indirect contact

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 314-389

  Vezzali, Loris ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Capozza, Dora ^c   Giovannini, Dino ^a   Wölfer, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extended contact; Indirect contact; Intergroup contact; Intergroup relations; Prejudice reduction; Social networks; Vicarious contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919954115     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463283.2014.982948     Document Type: Article

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