Imagined intergroup contact and common ingroup identity an integrative approach

Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 265-276

  Vezzali, Loris ^a   Stathi, Sofia ^b   Crisp, Richard J ^c   Giovannini, Dino ^a   Capozza, Dora ^d   Gaertner, Samuel L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intentions; Common ingroup identity; Imagined intergroup contact; Intergroup relations; Prejudice reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945575197     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000242     Document Type: Article

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