When focusing on negative and positive attributes of the self elicits more inductive self-judgment

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-384

  Klein, William M P ^a,b   Monin, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Induction and deduction; Risk perception; Self affirmation; Self evaluation; Self judgment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 59949105113     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208328065     Document Type: Article

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