Associative and competitive indirect self-enhancement in close relationships moderated by trait self-esteem

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-273

  Schütz, Astrid ^a   Tice, D Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039054272     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199705)27:3<257::aid-ejsp820>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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