The effect of a derogatory professional label: Evaluations of a "shrink"

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 634-655

  Gadon, Orly ^a   Johnson, Craig ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949098714     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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