License to sin: Self-licensing as a mechanism underlying hedonic consumption

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-496

  de Witt Huberts, Jessie C ^a   Evers, Catharine ^a   de Ridder, Denise T D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84861482343     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.861     Document Type: Article

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