Brothers in arms: Libyan revolutionaries bond like family

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 50, 2014, Pages 17783-17785

  Whitehouse, Harvey ^a   McQuinn, Brian ^a   Buhrmester, Michael ^a   Swann, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Group identity; Identity fusion; Intergroup conflict; Revolutionary war; Self sacrifice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONFLICT; FAMILY; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL BONDING; WAR; COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOLDIER;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIBYA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84918503176     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416284111     Document Type: Article

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