Whose life task is it anyway? Social appraisal and life task pursuit

Journal of Personality

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Meegan, Sean P ^a   Berg, Cynthia A ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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