The impact of perceived character similarity and identification on moral disengagement

International Journal of Arts and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-110

  Tsay, Mina ^a   Krakowiak, K Maja ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Character disposition; Enjoyment; Identification; Moral disengagement; Similarity

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CHARACTER DISPOSITION; ENJOYMENT; MORAL DISENGAGEMENT; SIMILARITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ARTS COMPUTING;

EID: 84856557175     PISSN: 17548853     EISSN: 17548861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJART.2011.037773     Document Type: Article

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