Dealing with past colonial conflicts: How perceived characteristics of the victimized outgroup can influence the experience of group-based guilt

International Journal of Conflict and Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-105

  Figueiredo, Ana Mateus ^a   Doosje, Bertjan ^b   Valentim, Joaquim Pires ^a   Zebel, Sven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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