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Stryker, S., Vryan, K.D. (2006). The Symbolic Interactionist Frame. 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_1

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