The Undesired Self: A Neglected Variable in Personality Research

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  1987

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  1987-02-01

• Fields of study

  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.52.2.379
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