Assessment of dispositional embarrassability

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-333

  Kelly, Kristine M ^a   Jones, Warren H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embarrassability; Embarrassment; Emotions; Personality; Self consciousness; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031321850     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809708249306     Document Type: Article

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