Positive and Negative Global Self-Esteem: A Substantively Meaningful Distinction or Artifactors?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 810-819

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030116788     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.4.810     Document Type: Article

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