Global Self-Esteem and Specific Self-Views as Determinants of People's Reactions to Success and Failure

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-148

  Dutton, Keith A ^b   Brown, Jonathon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031528307     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.139     Document Type: Article

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