Affective response to social comparison in the classroom

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Buunk, Bram P ^a   Kuyper, Hans ^a   Van Der Zee, Yvonne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 26444461260     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2703_4     Document Type: Article

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