Investigating the Link Between Liking Versus Wanting Self-Esteem and Depression in a Nationally Representative Sample of American Adults

Journal of Personality

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1453-1469

  Bushman, Brad J ^a   Moeller, Scott J ^b   Konrath, Sara ^c   Crocker, Jennifer ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866747617     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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