Self as functional fiction

Social Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-430

  Swann, William B ^a   Buhrmester, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84865728595     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.4.415     Document Type: Article

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