Vicarious Revenge and the Death of Osama bin Laden

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 604-616

  Gollwitzer, Mario ^a   Skitka, Linda J ^b   Wisneski, Daniel ^b   Sjöström, Arne ^a   Liberman, Peter ^c   Nazir, Syed Javed ^d   Bushman, Brad J ^e,f  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

justice; psychological closure; revenge; vicarious retribution; war on terror

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898683072     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214521466     Document Type: Article

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