The development and validation of the Relational Self-Esteem Scale

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Du, Hongfei ^a   King, Ronnel B ^a   Chi, Peilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collective self esteem; Personal self esteem; Relational self esteem; Significant others

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861460833     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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