Causal and moral responsibility: Antecedents and consequences of group-based guilt

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 825-839

  Zimmermann, Anja ^a   Abrams, Dominic ^a   Doosje, Bertjan ^b   Manstead, Antony S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causal responsibility; Group based guilt; Individual action tendencies; Moral responsibility; Support for victim compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155191290     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.826     Document Type: Article

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