Personality and persona: Personality processes in self-presentation

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1191-1218

  Leary, Mark R ^a   Allen, Ashley Batts ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 81355160249     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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