Solo status and women's spatial test performance: The role of individuation tendencies

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1044-1053

  Keller, Johannes ^a,b   Sekaquaptewa, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 54949088609     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.490     Document Type: Article

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