Contingent self-esteem and anticipated reactions to interpersonal rejection and ac hievement failure

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1069-1096

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Besser, Avi ^b   King, Kristi ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 83455235859     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2011.30.10.1069     Document Type: Article

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