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The Yellow Vests in France: Psychosocial Determinants and Consequences of the Adherence to a Social Movement in a Representative Sample of the Population Cover

The Yellow Vests in France: Psychosocial Determinants and Consequences of the Adherence to a Social Movement in a Representative Sample of the Population

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|Feb 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.556 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 24, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 29, 2021
Published on: Feb 15, 2022
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