Overcoming psychological barriers to peaceful conflict resolution: The role of arguments about losses

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 951-975

  Gayer, Corinna Carmen ^a   Landman, Shiri ^b   Halperin, Eran ^c   Bar Tal, Daniel ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Framing; Intractable conflict; Prospect theory; Sociopsychological barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450193417     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709346257     Document Type: Article

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