Stability and Change Self-Integration for Negative Events: The Role of Listener Responsiveness and Elaboration

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-498

  Weeks, Trisha L ^a   Pasupathi, Monisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79955505822     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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