'I remember therefore I am, and I am therefore I remember': Exploring the contributions of episodic and semantic self-knowledge to strength of identity

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-203

  Haslam, Catherine ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a,b   Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Pugliese, Cara ^a   Tonks, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79954509528     PISSN: 00071268     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712610X508091     Document Type: Article

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