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Original Articles

Social Behaviors as Determined by Different Arrangements of Social Consequences: Diffusion of Responsibility Effects With Competition

Pages 313-329 | Received 11 May 2001, Accepted 20 Mar 2002, Published online: 02 Apr 2010

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