Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory: Self-esteem differences in the experience and anticipation of success

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 764-780

  Wood, Joanne V ^a   Heimpel, Sara A ^a   Newby Clark, Ian R ^b   Ross, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Reactions to success; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 32644481012     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.764     Document Type: Article

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