Popular psychological tests and self-fulfilling prophecy: An experiment of Japanese female undergraduate students

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-124

  Sakamoto, Akira ^a   Miura, Shino ^a   Sakamoto, Katsura ^a   Mori, Tsutako ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0034398106     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.00057     Document Type: Article

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