Everybody loves me: Self-evaluations and metaperceptions of dating popularity

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 937-950

  Preuss, Gregory S ^a   Alicke, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative judgments; Metaperceptions; Self enhancement; Self evaluation; Self views; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; LOVE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; VIDEODISC RECORDING;

EID: 67849086777     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209335298     Document Type: Article

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