In intergroup conflict, self-sacrifice is stronger among pro-social individuals, and parochial altruism emerges especially among cognitively taxed individuals

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  de Dreu, Carsten K W ^a   Dussel, D Berno ^a   Ten Velden, Femke S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Dual systems; Ego depletion; Intergroup conflict; Parochial altruism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930940867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00572     Document Type: Article

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