Interactions do not only tell us when, but can also tell us how: Testing process hypotheses by interaction

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-190

  Jacoby, Johann ^a   Sassenberg, Kai ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 79951815125     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.762     Document Type: Article

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