Consistency Over Flattery: Self-Verification Processes Revealed in Implicit and Behavioral Responses to Feedback

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 538-545

  Ayduk, Özlem ^a   Gyurak, Anett ^b   Akinola, Modupe ^c   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; creativity; emotion; self esteem; self verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881237049     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612471827     Document Type: Article

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