Task-oriented versus other-referenced competition: Differential implications for children's peer relations

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1557-1580

  Tassi, Fulvio ^a   Schneider, Barry H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0031215289     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01613.x     Document Type: Article

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