Dealing with the past and facing the future: Mediators of the effects of collective guilt and shame in Bosnia and Herzegovina

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 669-684

  Brown, Rupert ^a   Cehajic, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 46849111809     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.466     Document Type: Article

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