Favorable and unfavorable target expectancies and social information processing

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 698-709

  Ybarra, Oscar ^a   Schaberg, Linda ^b   Keiper, Shelley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033422270     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.4.698     Document Type: Article

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