Type of self-discrepancy and relationships to components of the tripartite model of emotional distress

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-44

  Bruch, Monroe A ^a   Rivet, Kathy M ^a   Laurenti, Helene J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Personality and cognition; Self concept and affect; Self discrepancy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034216402     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00176-2     Document Type: Article

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