Presidential address: Self-image and compassionate goals and construction of the social self: Implications for social and personality psychology

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-407

  Crocker, Jennifer ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

close relationships; goals; responsiveness; self presentation; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053071989     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868311418746     Document Type: Article

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