Social comparison in medically high-risk pregnant women

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1629-1649

  Dias, Lynette ^a   Lobel, Marci ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031575268     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01617.x     Document Type: Article

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