Can people remember how they coped? Factors associated with discordance between same-day and retrospective reports

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1050-1061

  Smith, Ronald E ^a   Leffingwell, Thad R ^b   Ptacek, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033464290     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.6.1050     Document Type: Article

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