The self and social behavior: The fragile self and interpersonal self-regulation

Personality and Social Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-78

  Rhodewalt, Frederick ^a   Peterson, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838082     Document Type: Chapter

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