Remembering Historical Victimization: Collective Guilt for Current Ingroup Transgressions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 988-1006

  Wohl, Michael J A ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

collective guilt; historical victimization; Iraq war; Israeli Palestinian conflict

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GUILT; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GUILT; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44449133159     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.6.988     Document Type: Article

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