The influence of self-threats on fairness judgments and affective measures

Social Justice Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-253

  Miedemam, Joost ^a,d   Van Den Bos, Kees ^b   Vermunt, Riël ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective reactions; Fairness; Fairness judgments; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747887838     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-006-0007-7     Document Type: Review

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