What do People Mean when Speaking of Evilness?

  1. Quiles del Castillo, María de las Nieves
  2. Morera Bello, María Dolores
  3. Correa Piñero, Ana Delia
  4. Leyens, Jacques Philippe
Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2010

Volumen: 13

Número: 2

Páginas: 788-797

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002444 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Información de financiación

This research was funded by FEDER and by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Research Project SEJ2005-05135/PSIC). It forms part of the National Plan of Research and Development Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mª Nieves Quiles del Castillo. Departamento de Psicología Cognitiva, Social y Organizacional. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de La Laguna. Campus de Guajara S/N. 38205 La Laguna. Tenerife. (Spain). E-mail: mquiles@ull.es.

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