Values as the Core of Personal Identity: Drawing Links between Two Theories of Self
Social Psychology QuarterlyPublished 1 June 2003
Steven Hitlin
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Steven Hitlin, Values as the Core of Personal Identity: Drawing Links between Two Theories of Self, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 66, No. 2, Special Issue: Social Identity: Sociological and Social Psychological Perspectives (Jun., 2003), pp. 118-137
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