Preferences for and evaluation of self-relevant information depending on the elaboration of the self-schemata involved

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-502

  Stahlberg, Dagmar ^a   Petersen, Lars Eric ^b   Dauenheimer, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033137457     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199906)29:4<489::AID-EJSP940>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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