What Does It Mean to Be in Touch With Oneself? Testing a Social Character Model of Self-congruence

Self and Identity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-70

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Gunz, Alexander ^a   Schachtman, Todd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Psychological needs; Self concept differentiation; Self congruence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855512399     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2010.503130     Document Type: Article

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