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The psychology of potential threat: Properties of the security motivation system

✍ Scribed by Andrea L. Hinds; Erik Z. Woody; Ana Drandic; Louis A. Schmidt; Michael Van Ameringen; Marie Coroneos; Henry Szechtman


Book ID
116315123
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
444 KB
Volume
85
Category
Article
ISSN
0301-0511

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