Heightened interpersonal security diminishes the monetary value of possessions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 359-364

  Clark, Margaret S ^a   Greenberg, Aaron ^a   Hill, Emily ^a   Lemay, Edward P ^b   Clark Polner, Elizabeth ^c   Roosth, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Monetary value; Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651472797     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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