Me, Myself, and Us: Salient Self-Threats and Relational Connections

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 944-961

  Burris, Christopher T ^a   Rempel, John K ^a  

^a ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

amoebic self theory; boundaries; relationship status; self; threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 54949119084     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012069     Document Type: Article

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