The importance of identity development, principled moral reasoning, and empathy as predictors of openness to diversity in emerging adults

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Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Gerson, Marylie W ^a   Neilson, Leanne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And multiculturalism; Applied psychology; Developmental psychology; Diversity; Education; Educational psychology; Higher education; Psychology; Social sciences; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927612619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014553584     Document Type: Article

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