Observer Perceptions of Moral Obligations in Groups With a History of Victimization

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 882-894

  Warner, Ruth H ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodian genocide; collective guilt assignment; Holocaust; intergroup relations; moral obligations; victimization history

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAMBODIA; GROUP PROCESS; GUILT; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MORALITY; NEGRO; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUDAN; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAMBODIA; CRIME VICTIMS; GROUP PROCESSES; GUILT; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862011663     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212439212     Document Type: Article

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