Individuals' and groups' motivation to restore their impaired identity dimensions following conflicts: Evidence and implications

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-137

  Tov Nachlieli, Ilanit Siman ^a   Shnabel, Nurit ^a   Nadler, Arie ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agency; Communion; Identity threat; Needs based model of reconciliation; Victims and perpetrators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876527725     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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