How groups affect our health and well-being: The path from theory to policy

Social Issues and Policy Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-130

  Jetten, Jolanda ^a   Haslam, Catherine ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Dingle, Genevieve ^a   Jones, Janelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892448460     PISSN: 17512395     EISSN: 17512409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sipr.12003     Document Type: Article

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