Difficulty of refusal to assist the outgroup nonmonotonically affects the intensity of prejudiced affect

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-498

  Miron, Anca M ^a   Ferguson, Mark A ^b   Peterson, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Deterrence; Emotional intensity; Intergroup relations; Motivation; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027925971     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9220-2     Document Type: Article

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