Interdependent self-construal moderates coping with (but not the initial pain of) ostracism

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-326

  Ren, Dongning ^a   Wesselmann, Eric D ^b   Williams, Kipling D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping and recovery; Interdependent self construal; Ostracism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887403043     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12037     Document Type: Article

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