A clean self can render harsh moral judgment

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 859-862

  Zhong, Chen Bo ^a   Strejcek, Brendan ^c   Sivanathan, Niro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cleanliness; Disgust; Moral judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955564037     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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