Ambivalence in intergroup evaluation: The role of fairness norm

Social Justice Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-133

  Mucchi Faina, Angelica ^a   Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Pagliaro, Stefano ^b   Alparone, Francesca Romana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudinal ambivalence; Intergroup evaluation; Social norm of fairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949171588     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-009-0090-7     Document Type: Article

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