Making sense of misfortune: Deservingness, self-esteem, and patterns of self-defeat

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 142-162

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b   Dawtry, Rael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deservingness; Just world theory; Self defeating; Self esteem; Self punishment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; RATIONALIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902960500     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036640     Document Type: Article

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