An Empirical Test of the Validity of Cross-National Research Using Unrepresentative Samples
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Author’s Note: Papers on this and related topics can be downloaded from http://pubpages. unh.edu/~mas2. This article is a publication of the Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824. See the Laboratory Web page (http://unhinfo.unh.edu/ frl) for a program description and publications list. The work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grant T32MH15161 and the University of New Hampshire. Please address correspondence to Murray A. Straus, 126 Horton Social Science Center, Durham, NH 03824; e-mail: [email protected]. The National Context Effect
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