Does group identification facilitate or prevent collective guilt about past misdeeds? Resolving the paradox

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-572

  Klein, Olivier ^a   Licata, Laurent ^a   Pierucci, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GUILT; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BELGIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; GUILT; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 80052398936     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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