Why egalitarianism might be good for your health: physiological thriving during stressful intergroup encounters.

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Published in Psychol Sci on November 01, 2007

Authors

Wendy Berry Mendes1, Heather M Gray, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Brenda Major, Elissa S Epel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. wbm@wjh.harvard.edu

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