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  1. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA

    Lovina R. Bater & Sara S. Jordan

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Bater, L.R., Jordan, S.S. (2017). Reciprocal Inhibition. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_938-1

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