The impact of intergroup emotions on forgiveness in Northern Ireland

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-135

  Tam, Tania ^a,e   Hewstone, Miles ^a   Cairns, Ed ^b   Tausch, Nicole ^a   Maio, Greg ^c   Kenworthy, Jared ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e Legal Services Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Infrahumanization; Intergroup contact; Intergroup emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846253581     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207071345     Document Type: Article

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