Majority support for minority out-groups: The roles of compassion and guilt

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2730-2749

  Karaçanta, Aydin ^a   Fitness, Julie ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33749570590     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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