Downward self-revision: Erasing possible selves

Social Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-578

  Carroll, Patrick J ^b   Shepperd, James A ^a   Arkin, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69149107843     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.4.550     Document Type: Article

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