Attitude heritability and attitude reinforcement: A replication

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 803-808

  Crelia, Rick A ^a   Tesser, Abraham ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0030295199     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00141-9     Document Type: Article

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