Primacy of personal over collective self and cultural considerations

Self-Esteem Issues and Answers: A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 383-388

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Gaertner, Lowell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84920411713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203759745     Document Type: Chapter

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