Perceived arab ethnicity on willingness to help: An application of the lost-letter technique

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-400

  Petrykowski, Karen ^a   Davis, Kristin ^a   Brown, Tim ^a   Hastings, Sally O ^a   Butler, Jeff ^a   Pryor, Burt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 77953976273     PISSN: 15277143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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