Winners, losers, insiders, and outsiders: Comparing hierometer and sociometer theories of self-regard

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Mahadevan, Nikhila ^a   Gregg, Aiden P ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^a   De Waal Andrews, Wendy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assertiveness; Hierometer theory; Inclusion; Narcissism; Self esteem; Self regard; Sociometer theory; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963649294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00334     Document Type: Article

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