The influence of inequality, responsibility and justifiability on reports of group-based guilt for ingroup privilege

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-69

  Mallett, Robyn K ^a   Swim, Janet K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group based guilt; Inequality; Ingroup responsibility; Justifiability; Men; Whites; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846260144     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207071341     Document Type: Article

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