The Self in Minority–Majority Contexts

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-30

  Simon, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 0040534933     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779843000036     Document Type: Article

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