A hierarchy within: On the motivational and emotional primacy of the individual self

The Self in Social Judgment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 213-239

  Gaertner, Lowell ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203943250-18     Document Type: Chapter

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