The publicly self-consciousness consumer: Prepared to be embarrassed

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-136

  Lau Gesk, Loraine ^a   Drolet, Aimee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embarrassment; Public self consciousness; Spotlight effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249102761     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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