Temporal distance and moral concerns: Future morally questionable behavior is perceived as more wrong and evokes stronger prosocial intentions

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-59

  Agerström, Jens ^a   Björklund, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 61449093026     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530802659885     Document Type: Article

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