Understanding responses to political conflict: Interactive effects of the need for closure and salient conflict schemas

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 750-762

  Golec, Agnieszka ^a,c   Federico, Christopher M ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 10244247820     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.750     Document Type: Article

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