Development of the positive-negative asymmetry effect: In-group exclusion norm as a mediator of children's evaluations on negative attributes

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-190

  Rutland, Adam ^a   Brown, Rupert J ^b   Cameron, Lindsey ^a   Ahmavaara, Anni ^a   Arnold, Katie ^a   Samson, Jenni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846400466     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.342     Document Type: Article

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