Self-Esteem Maintenance Processes: Why Low Self-Esteem may be Resistant to Change
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عنوان ژورنال: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0146-1672,1552-7433
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203029007010