Normative beliefs supporting aggression of Arab children in an intergroup conflict

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 324-335

  Shechtman, Zipora ^a   Basheer, Ola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Empathy; Intergroup anxiety; Israeli Arabs; Normative beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844520358     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20069     Document Type: Article

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