The role of injustice in the elicitation of differential emotional reactions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 769-783

  Mikula, Gerold ^a   Scherer, Klaus R ^b   Athenstaedt, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0032128696     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298247009     Document Type: Article

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