Approach and avoidance social motives and goals

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-222

  Gable, Shelly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33646174459     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00373.x     Document Type: Review

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