Self-esteem: On the relation between conceptualization and measurement

The Self

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 259-282

  Kwan, Virginia S Y ^a   Mandisodza, Anesu N ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203818572     Document Type: Chapter

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