Revealing personal secrets

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 105-109

  Kelly, Anita E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidants; New insights; Revealing secrets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245790     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00025     Document Type: Article

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