Compromises produced by the dialectic between self-verification and self-enhancement

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1268-1283

  Morling, Beth ^a,b   Epstein, Seymour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031304584     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.6.1268     Document Type: Article

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