Justice motive effects in ageism: The effects of a victim's age on observer perceptions of injustice and punishment judgments

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1343-1349

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Dawtry, Rael J ^a   Olson, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Justice motivation; Perceived injustice; Punishment judgments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865662357     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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