Dissonance on the road: Self-esteem as a moderator of internal and external self-justification strategies

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1713-1724

  Holland, Rob W ^a   Meertens, Ree M ^b   Van Vugt, Mark ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24644510831     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014616702237652     Document Type: Article

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