Superstars and Me: Predicting the Impact of Role Models on the Self

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-103

  Lockwood, Penelope ^a   Kunda, Ziva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031528306     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.91     Document Type: Article

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