Self-Esteem Instability and Personality: The Connections Between Feelings of Self-Worth and the Big Five Dimensions of Personality

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-198

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Holden, Christopher J ^a   Enjaian, Brian ^a   Southard, Ashton C ^a   Besser, Avi ^b   Li, Haijiang ^c   Zhang, Qinglin ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Big Five; fragile; instability; personality; self esteem; unstable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920942051     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214559719     Document Type: Article

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