Wanting to be better but thinking you can't: Implicit theories of personality moderate the impact of self-discrepancies on self-esteem

Self and Identity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-50

  Renaud, Jeanette M ^a   McConnell, Allen R ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248572711     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860600764597     Document Type: Article

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