How does social comparison within a self-help group influence adjustment to chronic illness? A longitudinal study
- 30 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Social Science & Medicine (1982)
- Vol. 63 (6), 1602-1613
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.031
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