Belongingness as a core personality trait: How social exclusion influences social functioning and personality expression

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1281-1314

  Dewall, C Nathan ^a   Deckman, Timothy ^a   Pond, Richard S ^a   Bonser, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 81355135323     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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