Ideological orientation and social context as moderators of the effect of terrorism: The case of Israeli-Jewish public opinion regarding peace

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-121

  Sharvit, Keren ^a   Bar Tal, Daniel ^b   Raviv, Amiram ^b   Raviv, Alona ^b   Gurevich, Ronit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 77955567444     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.613     Document Type: Article

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