Cultural differences in the relation between self-discrepancy and life satisfaction

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 387-398

  Radhakrishnan, Phanikiran ^a   Chan, Darius K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0031283932     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075997400638     Document Type: Article

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