Restoring identity through outgroup helping: Beliefs about international aid in response to the December 2004 tsunami

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 661-671

  Van Leeuwen, Esther ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34547163871     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.389     Document Type: Article

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