Compartmentalization: A window on the defensive self

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 719-731

  Thomas, Jenna S ^a   Ditzfeld, Christopher P ^b   Showers, Carolin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84885162047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12061     Document Type: Article

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