Different slopes for different folks: Self-esteem instability and gender as moderators of the relationship between self-esteem and attitudinal aggression

Self and Identity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-94

  Webster, Gregory D ^a   Kirkpatrick, Lee A ^b   Nezlek, John B ^b   Smith, C Veronica ^c   Paddock, E Layne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 34248343370     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860600920488     Document Type: Article

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