Severity of initiation revisited: Does severity of initiation increase attractiveness in real groups?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-300

  Lodewijkx, Hein F M ^a   Syroit, Joseph E M M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031502602     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199705)27:3<275::AID-EJSP822>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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