Social psychology theories and applications by Sibnath Deb, Anjali Gireesan, Pooja Prabhavalkar, and Shayana Deb, New York: Routledge, 2024, 477 pp., US$45.63 (ebk), ISBN 978-1-003-46043-5

Feng Mao; Jiaqin Li

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Social psychology theories and applications by Sibnath Deb, Anjali Gireesan, Pooja Prabhavalkar, and Shayana Deb, New York: Routledge, 2024, 477 pp., US$45.63 (ebk), ISBN 978-1-003-46043-5

Feng Mao School of Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai 201600, China
Jiaqin Li School of Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai 201600, China

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Mao, F., & Li, J. (2024). Social psychology theories and applications by Sibnath Deb, Anjali Gireesan, Pooja Prabhavalkar, and Shayana Deb, New York: Routledge, 2024, 477 pp., US$45.63 (ebk), ISBN 978-1-003-46043-5. Applied Psychology Research, 3(1), 1120. https://doi.org/10.59400/apr.v3i1.1120

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