Making sense of life stories: The role of narrative perspective in perceiving hidden information about social identity

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 785-796

  Polya, Tibor ^a   Laszlo, Janos ^a   Forgas, Joseph P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 28844503399     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.277     Document Type: Review

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