Relation of Threatened Egotism to Violence and Aggression: The Dark Side of High Self-Esteem

Psychological Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-33

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Smart, Laura ^b   Boden, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; CRIME; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; CRIME; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029690788     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.103.1.5     Document Type: Article

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