The virtual malleable self and the virtual identity discrepancy model: Investigative frameworks for virtual possible selves and others in avatar-based identity construction and social interaction

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Computers in Human Behavior

• Publication date

  2012-11-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.022
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