Upward or downward comparison after failure. The role of diagnostic information

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-398

  Michinov, Nicolas ^a   Monteil, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

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EID: 21944456707     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.1997.25.4.389     Document Type: Article

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