A grotesque and dark beauty: How moral identity and mechanisms of moral disengagement influence cognitive and emotional reactions to war

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-392

  Aquino, Karl ^a   Reed II, Americus ^b   Thau, Stefan ^c   Freeman, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conflict; Moral disengagement; Moral identity; Revenge; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047126337     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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