The Status-Signaling Property of Self-Esteem: The Role of Self-Reported Self-Esteem and Perceived Self-Esteem in Personality Judgments

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-220

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Besser, Avi ^b   Myers, Erin M ^c   Southard, Ashton C ^d   Malkin, Mallory L ^d  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Self esteem; Sociometer; Status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84875511010     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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