Do people embrace praise even when they feel unworthy? a review of critical tests of self-enhancement versus self-verification

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-280

  Kwang, Tracy ^a   Swann, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Goals; Individual differences; Interpersonal processes; Motivation; Self enhancement; Self identity; Self presentation; Self verification

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

AFFECT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77954693429     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868310365876     Document Type: Review

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