Retraction to Method matters: Effects of explicit versus implicit social comparisons on activation, behavior, and self-views [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87 (2004) 860-875] doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.860;Method matters: Effects of explicit versus implicit social comparisons on activation, behavior, and self-views

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 860-875

  Stapel, Diederik A ^a   Suls, Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 10244246647     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031425     Document Type: Erratum

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