On the Status of Self in Social Prediction: Comment on Karniol (2003)

Psychological Review

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 591-594

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; NOTE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0043267438     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.110.3.591     Document Type: Review

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