Construing a social issue: Effects on attitudes and the false consensus effect

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-272

  Bosveld, Willem ^a,b   Koomen, Willem ^c   Vogelaar, Rijn ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031515797     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1997.tb01131.x     Document Type: Article

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