Talking about others: Emotionality and the dissemination of social information

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-222

  Peters, Kim ^a   Kashima, Yoshihisa ^b   Clark, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 62249199920     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.523     Document Type: Article

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