Identity maintenance and cognitive test performance

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 438-446

  Youngreen, Reef ^a   Conlon, Bridget ^b   Robinson, Dawn T ^c   Lovaglia, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Identity maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649108609     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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