On being angry and punitive: How anger alters perception of criminal intent

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 494-499

  Ask, Karl ^a   Pina, Afroditi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Attribution; Blame; Criminal intent; Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051727518     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611398415     Document Type: Article

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