Self-verification and contextualized self-views

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 930-942

  Chen, Serena ^a   English, Tammy ^a   Peng, Kaiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Contextualized self views; Individual differences; Relational self; Self verification

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744803437     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206287539     Document Type: Article

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