Close partner as sculptor of the ideal self: behavioral affirmation and the Michelangelo phenomenon.

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  1999-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.77.2.293PMID 10474210
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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