You’re either with us or against us! Moral conviction determines how the politicized distinguish friend from foe

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 519-539

  Zaal, Maarten P ^a   Saab, Rim ^b   O’Brien, Kerry ^c   Jeffries, Carla ^d   Barreto, Manuela ^a,e   van Laar, Colette ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

morality; politicization; politicized identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021087300     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430215615682     Document Type: Article

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