Collective guilt and shame as motivation for white support of black programs

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1790-1811

  Harvey, Richard D ^a   Oswald, Debra L ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034257426     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02468.x     Document Type: Article

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