Weathering a political storm: A contextual perspective on a psychological research controversy

American Psychologist

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-175

  Garrison, Ellen Greenberg ^a   Kobor, Patricia Clem ^a  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH;

HUMANS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 85047669969     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.57.3.165     Document Type: Article

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