Running from the shadow: Psychological distancing from others to deny characteristics people fear in themselves

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 446-462

  Schimel, Jeff ^b   Greenberg, Jeff ^c   Pyszczynski, Tom ^a   O'Mahen, Heather ^c   Arndt, Jamie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARIZONA; COLORADO; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUNGIAN THEORY; MALE; REPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034146258     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.3.446     Document Type: Article

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