Associations of self-esteem and temperament traits to self- and teacher-reported social status among classmates

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 488-494

  Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Alatupa, Saija ^a   Pullmann, Helle ^a,b   Hirstiö Snellman, Paula ^a   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Personality; Self esteem; Self teacher ratings; Social status; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; TEMPERAMENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 78649474331     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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