Moral outrage mediates the dampening effect of system justification on support for redistributive social policies

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-274

  Wakslak, Cheryl J ^a   Jost, John T ^a   Tyler, Tom R ^a   Chen, Emmeline S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ANGER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MORALS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34247212814     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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