Unconscious Unease and Self-handicapping: Behavioral Consequences of Individual Differences in Implicit and Explicit Self-Esteem

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 535-539

  Spalding, Leah R ^a   Hardin, Curtis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0041127669     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00202     Document Type: Article

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