Anger and rank in Tonga and Germany: Cognition, emotion, and context

Ethos

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-234

  Bender, Andrea ^a   Spada, Hans ^a   Seitz, Stefan ^a   Swoboda, Hannah ^a   Traber, Simone ^a  

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EID: 34248219989     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2007.35.2.196     Document Type: Article

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