The self-protective properties of ingroup comparisons for low socioeconomic status students: A pilot study

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-86

  Régner, Isabelle ^a   Monteil, Jean Marc ^a   Huguet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Self protection; Social comparison; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744434185     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2001.29.1.81     Document Type: Article

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