The Effects of Stress and Desire for Control on the Formation of Causal Attributions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-137

  Keinan, Giora ^a   Sivan, Dalia ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0037992986     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.2000.2301     Document Type: Article

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