Chapter 5: The discontinuity effect in interpersonal and intergroup relations: Generality and mediation

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 121-151

  Schople, John ^a   Insko, Chester A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84963147126     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779243000041     Document Type: Article

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