Self-Relevance as a Moderator of Self-Enhancement and Self-Verification

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 442-462

  Seta, John J ^a   Donaldson, Sandra ^a   Seta, Catherine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347775998     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1999.2255     Document Type: Article

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