High self-esteem buffers negative feedback: Once more with feeling

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1389-1404

  Brown, Jonathon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Failure; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78649703594     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903504405     Document Type: Article

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