Valence-dependent self-scrutiny in judgments of event impact

Social Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 834-846

  Smallman, Rachel ^a   Roese, Neal J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73849091877     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.6.834     Document Type: Article

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