Rejecting victims of misfortune reduces delay discounting

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-44

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Delay discounting; Justice motivation; Victim derogation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889562646     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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