Rain on my parade: Perceiving low self-esteem in close others hinders positive self-disclosure

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-530

  Mac Gregor, Jennifer C D ^a   Holmes, John G ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Capitalization; Close relationships; Communication; Self disclosure; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051717828     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611400098     Document Type: Article

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