Buddhist Concepts as Implicitly Reducing Prejudice and Increasing Prosociality

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 513-525

  Clobert, Magali ^a,b   Saroglou, Vassilis ^a   Hwang, Kwang Kuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

prejudice; prosociality; religious priming Buddhism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUDDHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BUDDHISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924871742     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215571094     Document Type: Article

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