Gender differences in self-perception and negative recall biases

Sex Roles

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-133

  Beyer, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

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EID: 0032370378     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018768729602     Document Type: Article

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