Managing self-uncertainty through group identification

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-224

  Hogg, Michael A ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71849106882     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10478400903333452     Document Type: Article

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