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BRIEF REPORT

The self in moral judgement: How self-affirmation affects the moral condemnation of harmless sexual taboo violations

Marlon MooijmanDepartment of Social and Organisational Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wilco W. Van DijkDepartment of Social and Organisational Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
Pages 1326-1334 | Received 15 Apr 2014, Accepted 03 Nov 2014, Published online: 04 Dec 2014

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