The Self-Serving Bias in Relational Context

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 378-386

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a,b   Campbell, W Keith ^a,b   Reeder, Glenn D ^c   Elliot, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Davie Hall ^*

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EID: 0032326738     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.378     Document Type: Article

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