Racial differences in self-esteem revisited: The role of impression management in the Black self-esteem advantage

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 785-789

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Wallace, Marion T ^b   Myers, Erin M ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression management; Race; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864310049     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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