The role of efficacy and moral outrage norms in creating the potential for international development activism through group-based interaction

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-134

  Thomas, Emma F ^a   McGarty, Craig A ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MORALS; POLITICS; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749099192     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X313774     Document Type: Article

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