When Self-Censorship norms backfire: The manufacturing of positive communication and its ironic consequences for the perceptions of groups

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-347

  Conway III, Lucian Gideon ^a   Salcido, Amanda ^a   Gornick, Laura Janelle ^a   Bongard, Kate Ashley ^a   Moran, Meghan A ^a   Burfiend, Chelsea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 77951678490     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530903317169     Document Type: Article

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