Coping with threats to self-esteem: The differing patterns of subjects with high versus low trait self-esteem in first-person accounts

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-186

  Schütz, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0040585567     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199805/06)12:3<169::AID-PER299>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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