A cross-cultural analysis of self-verification motives

Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 119-142

  English, Tammy ^a   Chen, Serena ^a   Swann, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 72949106849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373694-9.00006-4     Document Type: Chapter

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