Bonds of friendship: Comparative self-evaluations evoke the use of routine standards

Social Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-160

  Rüter, Katja ^a,b   Mussweiler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444500996     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.23.2.137.65624     Document Type: Article

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