Content and structure of the self-concept

The Self

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-74

  McConnell , Allen R ^a   Strain, Laura M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203818572     Document Type: Chapter

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