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Roy F. Baumeister

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About the Author

Roy F. Baumeister is a research psychologist at the University of Queensland who studies why normal adults think, feel, and act as they do. He is especially known for his work on the self and identity, the negativity effect, social rejection and the need to belong, self-control, self-esteem, and how people find meaning in life.