Gender differences in responses to friends' hypothetical greater success

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-208

  Benenson, Joyce F ^a   Benarroch, Deborah ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032376853     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431698018002004     Document Type: Article

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