Moral judgments of the powerless and powerful in violent intergroup conflicts

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1173-1178

  Vandello, Joseph A ^a   Michniewicz, Kenneth S ^a   Goldschmied, Nadav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Intergroup conflict; Justice; Morality; Power; Underdogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051914785     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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