The Moderating Roles of Self-Esteem and Self-Construal in Reaction to a Threat to the Self: Evidence from the People's Republic of China and the United States

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 603-615

  Brockner, Joel ^a   Chen, Ya Ru ^b  

^a Teachers College   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030239799     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.603     Document Type: Article

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