Justice sensitivity and the processing of justice-related information

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 386-397

  Baumert, Anna ^a   Gollwitzer, Mario ^b   Staubach, Miriam ^a   Schmitt, Manfred ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Interpretation; Memory; Personality congruent information processing; Social justice research

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053110568     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.800     Document Type: Article

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