Poverty in developing nations: A cross-cultural attributional analysis

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 943-959

  Hine, Donald W ^a   Montiel, Christina Jayme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b University of New England ^*

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EID: 0033228475     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199911)29:7<943::AID-EJSP978>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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