Racial attitude (dis)similarity and liking in same-race minority interactions

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 501-518

  Garcia, Randi L ^a   Bergsieker, Hilary B ^b   Shelton, J Nicole ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

intergroup relations; interpersonal interactions; racial attitudes; racial minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021090049     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430215612224     Document Type: Article

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