Extended contact: Mediators, moderators and interventions in naturalistic contexts;Contatto esteso: Mediatori, moderatori e interventi in contesti naturalistici

Ricerche di Psicologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-240

  Vezzali, Loris ^a   Giovannini, Dino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extended contact; Indirect contact; Intergroup contact; Intergroup relations; Prejudice reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022226879     PISSN: 03916081     EISSN: 19725620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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