Social comparison with friends versus non-friends

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-68

  Lubbers, Miranda J ^a,b   Kuyper, Hans ^a   Van Der Werf, Margaretha P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 59349116302     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.475     Document Type: Article

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