Self-Concept Clarity: Measurement, Personality Correlates, and Cultural Boundaries

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-156

  Campbell, Jennifer D ^a   Trapnell, Paul D ^a   Heine, Steven J ^a   Katz, Ilana M ^a   Lavallee, Loraine F ^a   Lehman, Darrin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030542650     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.1.141     Document Type: Article

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