A qualitative study on the perceived consequences of poverty: Introducing consequential attributions as a missing link in lay thinking on poverty

Applied Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-402

  Loix, Ellen ^a   Pepermans, Roland ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 67249161245     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2009.00397.x     Document Type: Review

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