Processing of Unjust and Just Information: Interpretation and Memory Performance Related to Dispositional Victim Sensitivity

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-110

  Baumert, Anna ^a   Otto, Kathleen ^b   Thomas, Nadine ^a   Bobocel, D Ramona ^c   Schmitt, Manfred ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisocial behaviour; Interpretation; Memory; Personality congruent information processing; Processing bias; Sensitivity to Mean Intentions; Social justice; Victim sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858733654     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1844     Document Type: Article

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