Gender differences in the correlates of self-referent word use: Authority, entitlement, and depressive symptoms

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 313-338

  Fast, Lisa A ^a   Funder, David C ^b  

^a MiraCosta College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCISSISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 76149128687     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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