The other side of perspective taking: Transgression ambiguity and victims' revenge against their offender

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-378

  Okimoto, Tyler G ^a   Wenzel, Michael ^b  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empathy; Identity; Morality; Offender; Perspective taking; Retribution; Revenge

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051761584     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610393032     Document Type: Article

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