The Five "A"s of Meaning Maintenance: Finding Meaning in the Theories of Sense-Making

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-335

  Proulx, Travis ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84870718406     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2012.702372     Document Type: Article

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