Development of self-protective biases in response to social evaluative feedback

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 50, 2017, Pages 13158-13163

  Rodman, Alexandra M ^a,b   Powers, Katherine E ^a,b   Somerville, Leah H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rejection; Self enhancement; Self views; Social development; Social evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FEEDBACK; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85038563189     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712398114     Document Type: Article

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