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Maio, G.R., Olson, J.M., Bernard, M.M., Luke, M.A. (2006). Ideologies, Values, Attitudes, and Behavior. In: Delamater, J. (eds) Handbook of Social Psychology. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36921-X_12

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