Affect and identification in social comparison after loss of work

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-169

  Ybema, Jan F ^a   Buunk, Bram P ^b   Heesink, José A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039646933     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1802_3     Document Type: Article

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