Discrepant and congruent high self-esteem: Behavioral self-handicapping as a preemptive defensive strategy

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1105-1108

  Lupien, Shannon P ^a   Seery, Mark D ^a   Almonte, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral Self handicapping; Defensiveness; Discrepant High Self esteem; Explicit Self esteem; Implicit Self esteem; Self esteem IAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956612820     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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