The impact of value similarity and power on the perception of threat

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-193

  Garcia Retamero, Rocio ^a   Müller, Stephanie M ^a   Rousseau, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup conflict; Intergroup threat; International relations; Power; Value similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859156649     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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