The effects of gender, dysphoria, and performance feedback on the accuracy of self-evaluations

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 453-464

  Beyer, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive realism; performance feedback; self evaluation; self perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036925531     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021600510857     Document Type: Article

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