Psychosocial analysis of the collective processes in the United States after September 11

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-216

  Rodriguez Carballeira, Alvaro ^a   Javaloy, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collective reactions; Social categorization; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244453697     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388940500200716     Document Type: Article

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