The relationship between ethnocentric attitudes and avoidance behavior among Belgian students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-30

  Dejaeghere, Yves ^a   Hooghe, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Belgium; Ethnocentrism; Measurement validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930486375     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.1.15     Document Type: Article

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