A Road Map for an Emerging Psychology of Social Class

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 642-656

  Kraus, Michael W ^a   Stephens, Nicole M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865856468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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