Self-evaluative effects of temporal and social comparison

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-227

  Zell, Ethan ^a   Alicke, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Self evaluation; Social comparison; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549130466     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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