Boasting and Firsthand and Secondhand Impressions: A New Explanation for the Positive Teller-Listener Extremity Effect

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-75

  Inman, Mary L ^a   McDonald, Noelle ^b   Ruch, Alexander ^a  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442602274     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2601_6     Document Type: Article

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