Ghosts of the Past and Dreams of the Future: The Impact of Temporal Focus on Responses to Contextual Ingroup Devaluation

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Ghosts of the Past and Dreams of the Future : The Impact of Temporal Focus on Responses to Contextual Ingroup Devaluation. / Rabinovich, Anna; Morton, Thomas A.

In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 3, 01.03.2012, p. 397-410.

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Rabinovich, A & Morton, TA 2012, 'Ghosts of the Past and Dreams of the Future: The Impact of Temporal Focus on Responses to Contextual Ingroup Devaluation', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 397-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211427307

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Rabinovich, A., & Morton, T. A. (2012). Ghosts of the Past and Dreams of the Future: The Impact of Temporal Focus on Responses to Contextual Ingroup Devaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(3), 397-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211427307

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Rabinovich A, Morton TA. Ghosts of the Past and Dreams of the Future: The Impact of Temporal Focus on Responses to Contextual Ingroup Devaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2012 Mar 1;38(3):397-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211427307

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Rabinovich, Anna ; Morton, Thomas A. / Ghosts of the Past and Dreams of the Future : The Impact of Temporal Focus on Responses to Contextual Ingroup Devaluation. In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2012 ; Vol. 38, No. 3. pp. 397-410.

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