Killing begets killing: Evidence from a bug-killing paradigm that initial killing fuels subsequent killing

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1251-1264

  Martens, Andy ^a   Kosloff, Spee ^b   Greenberg, Jeff ^b   Landau, Mark J ^b   Schmader, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Genocide; Killing; Similarity

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INSECT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSECTS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34548063237     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207303020     Document Type: Article

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