Defending the self against identity misclassification

Self and Identity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-183

  Prewitt Freilino, Jennifer L ^a   Bosson, Jennifer K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 40549145544     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405620701330706     Document Type: Article

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