Who is blameworthy? Social identity and inter-group bullying

School Psychology International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-89

  Gini, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Blame; Bullying; Inter group relations; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846706256     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034307075682     Document Type: Article

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