Enhancing Self-Esteem by Directed-Thinking Tasks: Cognitive and Affective Positivity Asymmetries

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1117-1125

  McGuire, William J ^a   McGuire, Claire V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; THINKING;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; THINKING;

EID: 0030162057     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.6.1117     Document Type: Article

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