Removing the Ego: Need Fulfillment, Self-Image Goals, and Self-Presentation

Self and Identity

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 274-293

  Hadden, Benjamin W ^a   Øverup, Camilla S ^a   Knee, C Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Close relationships; Interpersonal goals; Need fulfillment; Self determination theory; Self presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897593812     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2013.815398     Document Type: Article

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