What exactly are victim-sensitive persons sensitive to?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 448-455

  Gollwitzer, Mario ^a   Rothmund, Tobias ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Cooperation; Equity with the world; Fear of being exploited; Justice sensitivity; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052279771     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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