Negative and positive externalities in intergroup conflict: Exposure to the opportunity to help the outgroup reduces the inclination to harm it

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Weisel, Ori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ingroup love; Intergroup conflict; Outgroup hate; Parochialism; Team games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947289879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01594     Document Type: Article

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