Who I am, who we are, and why: Links between emotions and causal attributions for self- and group discrepancies

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1628-1642

  Petrocelli, John V ^a   Smith, Eliot R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Group identification; Group based emotions; Self discrepancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CAUSALITY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244441387     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205277390     Document Type: Article

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