Acknowledgment after mass violence: Effects on psychological well-being and intergroup relations

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 306-323

  Vollhardt, Johanna Ray ^a   Mazur, Lucas B ^a   Lemahieu, Magali ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

acknowledgment; denial; genocide; psychological well being; reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899692201     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430213517270     Document Type: Article

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