Public self-focus and sex differences in behavioral self-handicapping: Does increasing self-threat still make it "just a man's game?"

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1131-1141

  Hirt, Edward R ^a   McCrea, Sean M ^b   Kimble, Charles E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034346312     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672002611009     Document Type: Article

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