Self-esteem depends on the beholder: Effects of a subtle social value cue

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Weisbuch, Max ^a   Sinclair, Stacey A ^b   Skorinko, Jeanine L ^c   Eccleston, Collette P ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Priming; Self esteem; Social tuning; Sociometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549115784     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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