Sympathy for the devil? The physiological and psychological effects of being an agent (and target) of dissent during intragroup conflict

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-227

  Jamieson, Jeremy P ^a   Valdesolo, Piercarlo ^b   Peters, Brett J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intragroup conflict; Psychological need; Psychophysiology; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907051617     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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