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The politics of time: Conservatives differentially reference the past and liberals differentially reference the future

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The politics of time: Conservatives differentially reference the past and liberals differentially reference the future. / Robinson, Michael D.; Cassidy, Deirdre M.; Boyd, Ryan L. et al.
In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 45, No. 7, 01.07.2015, p. 391-399.

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Robinson, MD, Cassidy, DM, Boyd, RL & Fetterman, AK 2015, 'The politics of time: Conservatives differentially reference the past and liberals differentially reference the future', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 391-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12306

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Robinson, M. D., Cassidy, D. M., Boyd, R. L., & Fetterman, A. K. (2015). The politics of time: Conservatives differentially reference the past and liberals differentially reference the future. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45(7), 391-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12306

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Robinson MD, Cassidy DM, Boyd RL, Fetterman AK. The politics of time: Conservatives differentially reference the past and liberals differentially reference the future. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2015 Jul 1;45(7):391-399. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12306

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Robinson, Michael D. ; Cassidy, Deirdre M. ; Boyd, Ryan L. et al. / The politics of time : Conservatives differentially reference the past and liberals differentially reference the future. In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2015 ; Vol. 45, No. 7. pp. 391-399.

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