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It Is Belief in Dualism, and Not Free Will, That Best Predicts Helping: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Baumeister et al. (2009)

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It Is Belief in Dualism, and Not Free Will, That Best Predicts Helping: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Baumeister et al. (2009). / Genschow, Oliver.
In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 50, No. 4, 04.2024, p. 645-656.

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Genschow, O 2024, 'It Is Belief in Dualism, and Not Free Will, That Best Predicts Helping: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Baumeister et al. (2009)', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 645-656. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221137209

APA

Genschow, O. (2024). It Is Belief in Dualism, and Not Free Will, That Best Predicts Helping: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Baumeister et al. (2009). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(4), 645-656. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221137209

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Genschow O. It Is Belief in Dualism, and Not Free Will, That Best Predicts Helping: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Baumeister et al. (2009). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2024 Apr;50(4):645-656. doi: 10.1177/01461672221137209

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