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- 28
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- 1
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- 3-22
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Jonathon D. Brown,
Frances M Gallagher
(1992).
Coming to terms with failure: Private self-enhancement and public self-effacement.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
, 28
(1)
, 3-22.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(92)90029-j
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- 10.1016/0022-1031(92)90029-j