To tell or not to tell: Disclosure and the narrative self

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-124

  Pasupathi, Monisha ^a   McLean, Kate C ^b   Weeks, Trisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149110797     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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