Differences in Attitudes Toward Outgroups in Religious and Nonreligious Contexts in a Multinational Sample: A Situational Context Priming Study

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  LaBouff, Jordan P ^a   Rowatt, Wade C ^b   Johnson, Megan K ^b   Finkle, Callie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855434364     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2012.634778     Document Type: Article

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