Collective regret versus collective guilt: Different emotional reactions to historical atrocities

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 729-742

  Imhoff, Roland ^a   Bilewicz, Michal ^b   Erb, Hans Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84866544771     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1886     Document Type: Article

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