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Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shapes Helping Behavior.

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Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shapes Helping Behavior. / Levine, R. M.; Evans, D.; Prosser, A. et al.
In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 4, 01.01.2005, p. 443-453.

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Levine, RM, Evans, D, Prosser, A & Reicher, S 2005, 'Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shapes Helping Behavior.', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 443-453. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204271651

APA

Levine, R. M., Evans, D., Prosser, A., & Reicher, S. (2005). Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shapes Helping Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31(4), 443-453. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204271651

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Levine RM, Evans D, Prosser A, Reicher S. Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shapes Helping Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2005 Jan 1;31(4):443-453. doi: 10.1177/0146167204271651

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Levine, R. M. ; Evans, D. ; Prosser, A. et al. / Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shapes Helping Behavior. In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2005 ; Vol. 31, No. 4. pp. 443-453.

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