Action identification theory

Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 327-348

  Vallacher, Robin R ^a,b,c   Wegner, Daniel M ^d  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446249215.n17     Document Type: Chapter

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