Self-liking and self-competence separate self-evaluation from self-deception: Associations with personality, ability, and achievement

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1047-1078

  Mar, Raymond A ^a,c   Deyoung, Colin G ^a   Higgins, Daniel M ^b   Peterson, Jordan B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sidney Smith Hall ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33745320277     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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