Preemptive strike: An experimental study of fear-based aggression

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1120-1123

  Simunovic, Dora ^a   Mifune, Nobuhiro ^b   Yamagishi, Toshio ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Group bias; Minimal group; Spite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883634291     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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