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International Journal of Behavioral Development
Intergroup attitudes among youth addressed by leading development and social psychologists
November 5th, 2007
Cross-group friendships have a positive effect on intergroup attitudes among children and adolescents, according to a new issue of the International Journal of Behavioral Development, published recently. A collection of twelve wide-ranging papers from developmental and social psychologists, the themed issue addresses the establishment of intergroup attitudes and social exclusion in childhood and adolescence, the development of social identity, and the reduction of children's intergroup bias. The articles provide a new insight into how prejudice derives from a person's development, examining where bad intergroup relations come from, and how children's intergroup bias can...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-11-05)
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