On being concerned about bragging

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-179

  Muller, Dominique ^a,b   Butera, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragging; Self evaluation; Self presentation; Social comparison; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042812045     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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