Self-Threat Magnifies the Self-Serving Bias: A Meta-Analytic Integration

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-43

  Campbell, W Keith ^a,b,c   Sedikides, Constantine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000361171     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.3.1.23     Document Type: Article

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