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Research Article

Entitled Due to Deprivation vs. Superiority: Evidence That Unidimensional Entitlement Scales Blend Distinct Entitlement Rationales across Psychological Dimensions

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Pages 781-791 | Received 28 Apr 2019, Accepted 12 Aug 2019, Published online: 16 Oct 2019

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