The Michelangelo phenomenon and personal well-being

Journal of Personality

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-77

  Drigotas, Stephen M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TEXAS;

EID: 0036479854     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00178     Document Type: Article

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