Estimating group size: Effects of category membership, differential construal and selective exposure

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 523-535

  Bosveld, Willem ^a   Koomen, Willem ^b   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030538351     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199607)26:4<523::AID-EJSP775>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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