What will I be? The role of temporal perspective in predictions of affect, traits, and self-narratives

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 610-615

  Heller, Daniel ^a   Stephan, Elena ^a   Kifer, Yona ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construal Level Theory; Emotion; Personality traits; Self; Self enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952816516     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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