Self-enhancement and belief perseverance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 706-712

  Guenther, Corey L ^a   Alicke, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief perseverance; Failure feedback; Motivation; Self enhancement; Self evaluation; Self perception; Task importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549084591     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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