Arousal, processing, and risk taking: Consequences of intergroup anger

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1141-1152

  Rydell, Robert J ^a   MacKie, Diane M ^b   Maitner, Angela T ^c   Claypool, Heather M ^d   Ryan, Melissa J ^b   Smith, Eliot R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Arousal; Intergroup emotion; Persuasion; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GROUP PROCESS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

AFFECT; ANGER; AROUSAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 46249085682     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208319694     Document Type: Article

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