The importance of being modest

The Self

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 163-184

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Gregg, Aiden P ^a   Hart, Claire M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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