Affect, Attitudes and Decisions: Let's Be More Specific

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-66

  van der Pligt, Joop ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^a   van Dijk, Wilco W ^a   de Vries, Nanné K ^a   Richard, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84892310481     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779643000074     Document Type: Article

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