Nie Wieder: Group-Based Emotions for In-Group Wrongdoing Affect Attitudes toward Unrelated Minorities

Political Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-407

  Rees, Jonas H ^a   Allpress, Jesse A ^b   Brown, Rupert ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group based emotions; Guilt; Moral obligation; Shame; Social distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878191422     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12003     Document Type: Article

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