Us and Them: Mood Effects on Intergroup Discrimination

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-40

  Forgas, Joseph P ^a   Fiedler, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0030549773     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.1.28     Document Type: Article

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