Taking up offenses: Secondhand forgiveness and group identification

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1406-1419

  Brown, Ryan P ^a   Wohl, Michael J A ^b   Exline, Julie Juola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apology; Empathy; Forgiveness; Identification; Intergroup conflict

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51049096581     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208321538     Document Type: Article

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