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Laboratory Tests of a Motivational-Perceptual Model of Conflict Escalation
dc.contributor.authorPeterson, Billen_US
dc.contributor.authorWinter, David G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDoty, Richarden_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:41:21Z
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dc.date.issued1994en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeterson, Bill; Winter, David; Doty, Richard (1994). "Laboratory Tests of a Motivational-Perceptual Model of Conflict Escalation." Journal of Conflict Resolution 4(38): 719-748. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67662>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0027en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67662
dc.description.abstractWe present a model suggesting that international conflicts escalate to violence when countries (a) express higher levels of power motive imagery, (b) exaggerate levels of perceived power motive imagery in communications and statements from the “other” side, and (c) express still higher levels of power motive imagery as a result of such exaggerated perceptions. The model is supported by three studies. In the first two, participants wrote replies to one of two versions of the same letter taken from a real crisis. The third study explored conditions that affect the exaggerated perception of power motive imagery of the other side by asking participants to highlight the important points of a letter from a real crisis, under neutral conditions and under conditions arousing power motivation. The role of psychological variables in the escalation of conflicts to violence is discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Periodicals Pressen_US
dc.titleLaboratory Tests of a Motivational-Perceptual Model of Conflict Escalationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of New Hampshireen_US
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