Improving self-esteem

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 178-186

  Vonk, Roos ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203759745     Document Type: Chapter

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