How temporal distance from past selves influences self-perception

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 697-714

  Broemer, Philip ^a   Grabowski, Adam ^b   Gebauer, Jochen E ^c   Ermel, Olga ^a   Diehl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 46849102753     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.469     Document Type: Article

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