Susceptibility to physical attractiveness comparison:On the role of attributions in protecting self-esteem

Psychologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 150-162

  Kowner, Rotem ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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