Emotional and self-evaluative effects of social comparison information in later life: How are they moderated by collective self-esteem?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Bailis, Daniel S ^a   Chipperfield, Judith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotions; Identification contrast model; Self esteem; Social comparison; Social identify

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747051159     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.291     Document Type: Article

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