Making sense of self-esteem

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-35

  Leary, Mark R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rejection; Self; Self esteem; Self regard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245804     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00008     Document Type: Article

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