On the confluence of self-esteem maintenance mechanisms

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 290-299

  Tesser, Abraham ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

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EID: 0034345994     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327957PSPR0404_1     Document Type: Article

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