Fear and anger as predictors of motivation for intergroup aggression: Evidence from Serbia and Republika Srpska

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-739

  Spanovic, Marija ^a   Lickel, Brian ^b   Denson, Thomas F ^c   Petrovic, Nebojsa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

anger; fear; ingroup affiliation; intergroup aggression; yielding

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049409977     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210374483     Document Type: Article

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