Anxiety, immigration, and the search for information

Political Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-164

  Gadarian, Shana Kushner ^a   Albertson, Bethany ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Experiment; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896543280     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12034     Document Type: Article

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