Agency and communion in naturalistic social comparison

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 864-874

  Locke, Kenneth D ^a   Nekich, Jamie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034346329     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200269011     Document Type: Article

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