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Author Note
Martina Wilke, Department of Psychology, University of
Heidelberg, Germany; Heike Haug, Department of Psy-
chology, University of Heidelberg, Germany; Joachim
Funke, Department of Psychology, University of Heidel-
berg, Germany.
The authors wish to thank two anonymous reviewers and
the editor for their valuable suggestions for improvement.
Martina Wilke is now in Frankfurt; Heike Haug is now
in Sankt Georgen.
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