Victim's innocence, social categorization, and the threat to the belief in a just world

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Correia, Isabel ^a   Vala, Jorge ^a   Aguiar, Patrícia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Automatic processing; Belief in a just world; Intergroup relations; Justice; Social categorization; Threat to the belief in a just world; Victim's innocence; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750970554     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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