The effect of essentialism in settings of historic intergroup atrocities

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 718-732

  Zagefka, Hanna ^a   Pehrson, Samuel ^b   Mole, Richard C M ^c   Chan, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957244420     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.639     Document Type: Article

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