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Westfall, S., Westfall, S.R. (2019). Self-Esteem Increase Motivates Similar Behavior. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1451-1
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