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The Motivation To Resolve Discrepancies Between Implicit And Explicit Self-Esteem, Valerie Leigh Laws
The Motivation To Resolve Discrepancies Between Implicit And Explicit Self-Esteem, Valerie Leigh Laws
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The primary purpose of this research is to understand the self-image motivational mechanisms that underlie self-concept discrepancies by testing the conditions that shift self-esteem discrepancies and, thus, people's motivation to reduce their discrepant self-concepts.