Alleviation of dissonance by engaging in prosocial behavior or receiving ego-enhancing feedback

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 557-566

  Dietrich, Dorothee M ^a   Berkowitz, Leonard ^b  

^a HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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