Private self-consciousness factors: Relationships with need for cognition, locus of control, and obsessive thinking in iran and the united states

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-372

  Ghorbani, Nima ^a   Watson, P J ^b   Krauss, Stephen W ^b   Davison, H Kristl ^c   Bing, Mark N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Iran; Private self consciousness factors; Psychological adjustment; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142685965     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.144.4.359-372     Document Type: Article

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