Development of a striving to avoid inferiority scale

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 633-648

  Gilbert, Paul ^a   Broomhead, Claire ^a   Irons, Chris ^a   McEwan, Kirsten ^a   Bellew, Rebecca ^a   Mills, Alison ^a   Gale, Corinne ^a   Knibb, Rebecca ^a  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 34948857383     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466606X157789     Document Type: Article

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