Affirmation, Acknowledgment of In-Group Responsibility, Group-Based Guilt, and Support for Reparative Measures

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-270

  Čehajić Clancy, Sabina ^a   Effron, Daniel A ^b   Halperin, Eran ^c   Liberman, Varda ^d   Ross, Lee D ^b  

^a SARAJEVO SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^d INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acknowledgment of in group responsibility; Group based guilt; Reparations; Self affirmation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONFLICT; CROWDING; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRIME VICTIMS; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960781494     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023936     Document Type: Article

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