Dehumanization and self-reported proclivity to torture prisoners of war

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-328

  Viki, G Tendayi ^a   Osgood, Daniel ^a   Phillips, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dehumanization; Ingroup; Outgroup; Torture; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872369825     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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