Self-esteem Instability and Psychological Adjustment

Self and Identity

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-342

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Wallace, Marion T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Depression; Fragile; Self esteem; Unstable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863512118     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2011.567763     Document Type: Article

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