Promise is debt, threat another matter: The effect of credibility on the interpretation of conditional promises and threats

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-112

  Verbrugge, Sara ^a   Dieussaert, Kristien ^a   Schaeken, Walter ^a   Van Belle, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 2942683369     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0085801     Document Type: Article

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