Motivated responses to 'senseless' violence: Explaining emotional and behavioural responses through person and position identification

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 755-766

  Van Zomeren, Martijn ^a   Lodewijkx, Hein F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 28844505984     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.274     Document Type: Review

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