Self-Concept Clarity Scale (SCSS): Psychometric properties and aggression correlates of a German version

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-245

  Steffgen, Georges ^a   Da Silva, Marco ^a   Recchia, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

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