Social identity, health and well-being: An emerging agenda for applied psychology

Applied Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a,b   Postmes, Tom ^a,c   Haslam, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 58149142649     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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