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Mark R. Leary, Byron D. Barnes, Carol Griebel, Eileen Mason, Don McCormack, Jr., The Impact of Conjoint Threats to Social- and Self-Esteem on Evaluation Apprehension, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Dec., 1987), pp. 304-311
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