Contingencies of Self-Worth in College Students: Theory and Measurement

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 894-908

  Crocker, Jennifer ^a   Luhtanen, Riia K ^a   Lynne Cooper, M ^b   Bouvrette, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0242676958     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.894     Document Type: Review

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