A Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Phenomena

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 161-198

  Reicher, S D ^a   Spears, R ^b   Postmes, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84953484484     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779443000049     Document Type: Article

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