Structural dynamism in the concept of self: A flexible model for a malleable concept

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-409

  DeSteno, David ^a   Salovey, Peter ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039957489     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.1.4.389     Document Type: Article

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