Paving the road to war with group membership, appraisal antecedents, and anger

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-189

  Cheung Blunden, Violet ^a   Blunden, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Action tendency; Appraisal; Group emotion; War

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANGER; CALIFORNIA; CHRISTIANITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; ISLAM; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TERRORISM;

EID: 40349094588     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20234     Document Type: Article

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