On the plasticity of self-defense

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 66-69

  Tesser, Abraham ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Self affirmation; Self defense; Self esteem; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035533990     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00117     Document Type: Article

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