First-name desirability and adjustment: Self-satisfaction, others' ratings, and family background

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-51

  Twenge, Jean M ^a   Manis, Melvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032343458     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01652.x     Document Type: Article

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