Collective moral disengagement: Initial validation of a scale for adolescents

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 386-395

  Gini, Gianluca ^a   Pozzoli, Tiziana ^a   Bussey, Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Collective moral disengagement; Group norms; Moral climate; Moral justifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897620749     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2013.851024     Document Type: Article

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