Unwanted identities: A key variable in shame-anger links and gender differences in shame

Sex Roles

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 133-157

  Ferguson, Tamara J ^a   Eyre, Heidi L ^a,b   Ashbaker, Michael ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0034131638     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007061505251     Document Type: Article

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