The reversal effect of prohibition signs

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-688

  Keizer, Kees ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a   Steg, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

field experiments; norm inhibition; social norm influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052248934     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211398505     Document Type: Article

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