Suffering from the possibility of status loss: Physiological responses to social identity threat in high status groups

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1092

  Scheepers, Daan ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Sintemaartensdijk, Nieska ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 73049106661     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.609     Document Type: Article

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