Does social desirability inflate the correlation between self-esteem and anxiety?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 1232-1234

  Riketta, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 4644248185     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3c.1232-1234     Document Type: Review

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