Self-verification in relationships as an adaptive process

The Self and Social Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-72

  Swann, William B ^a   Chang Schneider, Christine ^a   Angulo, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203783061     Document Type: Chapter

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