Merging on Mayday: Subgroup and superordinate identification as joint moderators of threat effects in the context of European Union's expansion

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 857-876

  Ullrich, Johannes ^a   Christ, Oliver ^a   Schlüter, Elmar ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 33751087209     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.319     Document Type: Article

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