Rethinking Value Violation: Priming Religion Increases Prejudice in Singaporean Christians and Buddhists

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Ramsay, Jonathan E ^a   Pang, Joyce S ^a   Shen, Megan Johnson ^b   Rowatt, Wade C ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890040302     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2012.761525     Document Type: Article

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