The Psychology of Self-Affirmation: Sustaining the Integrity of the Self

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue C, 1988, Pages 261-302

  Steele, Claude M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 77957077319     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60229-4     Document Type: Article

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