Elevation puts moral values into action

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-378

  Schnall, Simone ^a   Roper, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elevation; Moral licensing; Morality; Prosocial behavior; Self affirmation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859224394     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611423595     Document Type: Article

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