Assessing self-esteem: An African perspective

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Watkins, David ^c   Akande, Adebowale ^a   Mpofu, Elias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE

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EID: 0000265881     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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