Concern for self-image and social image in the management of moral failure: Rethinking shame

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 468-478

  Gausel, Nicolay ^a   Leach, Colin Wayne ^b  

^a ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Inferiority; Rejection; Self; Shame; Social image

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959271881     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.803     Document Type: Article

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