Describing behaviours of self and others: Self-enhancing beliefs and language abstraction level

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 391-396

  Taris, Toon W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033084422     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199903/05)29:2/3<391::aid-ejsp915>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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