Nagging doubts and a glimmer of hope: The role of implicit self-esteem in self-image maintenance

Building Defending and Regulating the Self: A Psychological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 153-170

  Spencer, Steven J ^a   Jordan, Christian H ^a   Logel, Christine E R ^a   Zanna, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203998052     Document Type: Chapter

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