Through the looking glass: Focusing on long-term goals increases immanent justice reasoning

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 377-385

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Harvey, Annelie J ^a   Dawtry, Rael J ^b   Sutton, Robbie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THINKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THINKING;

EID: 84878635647     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12022     Document Type: Article

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