Optimal self-esteem and authenticity: Separating fantasy from reality

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-89

  Kernis, Michael H ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0042164214     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327965PLI1401_03     Document Type: Note

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