Why are all the White (Asian) kids sitting together in the cafeteria? Resegregation and the role of intergroup attributions and norms

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-124

  Ramiah, Ananthi Al ^a   Schmid, Katharina ^b   Hewstone, Miles ^b   Floe, Christina ^b  

^a YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apathy; Attributions; Desegregation; Intergroup contact; Longitudinal; Norms; Resegregation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL NORM; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER INFLUENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 84925245416     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12064     Document Type: Article

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