Intergroup contact through friendship: Intimacy and norms

Advances in Intergroup Contact

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 200-229

  Davies, Kristin ^a   Wright, Stephen C ^b   Aron, Arthur ^c   Comeau, Joseph ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203095461     Document Type: Chapter

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