Can (elaborated) imagined contact interventions reduce prejudice among those higher in intergroup disgust sensitivity (ITG-DS)?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 123-131

  Hodson, Gordon ^a   Dube, Blaire ^a   Choma, Becky L ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84924044627     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12281     Document Type: Article

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