Augmentation and discounting in affective reactions to upward and downward social comparisons

Self and Identity

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-286

  Webster, J Matthew ^a   Powell, Caitlin A J ^a   Duvall, Jamieson ^a   Smith, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 35348976051     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860600683300     Document Type: Article

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