The life story schema

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-147

  Bluck, Susan ^a,b   Habermas, Tilmann ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0034194936     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005615331901     Document Type: Article

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