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- 1993
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- book-chapter
- Pages
- 55-85
- Citations
- 457
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Bruce Blaine,
Jennifer Crocker
(1993).
Self-Esteem and Self-Serving Biases in Reactions to Positive and Negative Events: An Integrative Review.
, 55-85.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8956-9_4
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- 10.1007/978-1-4684-8956-9_4