Never Let Them See You Cry: Self-Presentation as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Exclusion and Self-Esteem

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1293-1305

  Bernstein, Michael J ^a   Claypool, Heather M ^b   Young, Steven G ^c   Tuscherer, Taylor ^b   Sacco, Donald F ^d   Brown, Christina M ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ostracism; rejection; self esteem; self presentation; social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OSTRACISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REJECTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ESTEEM; SELF-PRESENTATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

OSTRACISM; REJECTION; SELF-ESTEEM; SELF-PRESENTATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84884221443     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213495281     Document Type: Article

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