Effect of Self-awareness on Negative Affect Among Individuals with Discrepant Low Self-esteem

Self and Identity

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-316

  Cheng, Clara Michelle ^a   Govorun, Olesya ^b   Chartrand, Tanya L ^c  

^a CARLOW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TNS   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit self esteem; Negative affect; Self awareness; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863530701     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2011.567022     Document Type: Article

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