Experimental peace psychology: Priming consensus mitigates aggression against outgroups under mortality salience

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-37

  Abdollahi, Abdolhossein ^a   Henthorn, Carl ^b   Pyszczynski, Tom ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Martyrdom; Mortality; Peace; Social consensus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861482933     PISSN: 19434472     EISSN: 19434480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19434470903319466     Document Type: Article

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