The relationship between social comparison processes and personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 551-565

  VanderZee, Karen ^a   Buunk, Bram ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030140021     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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