“Better to be safe than to be sorry”: Extinguishing the individual – group discontinuity effect in competition by cautious reciprocation

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 185-232

  Lodewijkx, Hein F M ^a   Rabbie, Jacob M ^b   Visser, Lieuwe ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 41849095605     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463280601043430     Document Type: Article

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