Competition, cooperation, and the effects of others on me

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1029-1038

  Stapel, Diederik A ^a   Koomen, Willem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Competition; Contrast; Cooperation; Self evaluation; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 22544433131     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.6.1029     Document Type: Article

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