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Explaining self-esteem differences between Chinese and North Americans: Dialectical self (vs. self-consistency) or lack of positive self-regard

Young-Hoon Kim University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Siqing Peng Peking University, Peking, China
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Chi-Yue Chiu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA
Pages 113-128 | Received 06 Feb 2006, Accepted 11 Oct 2006, Published online: 04 Mar 2008

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