Linking self and ingroup: Self-anchoring as distinctive cognitive route to social identification

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 628-637

  Van Veelen, Ruth ^a   Otten, Sabine ^a   Hansen, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79960710384     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.792     Document Type: Article

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