Quantifying self-motives: Functional links between dispositional desires

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 840-852

  Gregg, Aiden P ^a   Hepper, Erica G ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82155197184     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.827     Document Type: Article

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