Seeking Self-Evaluative Feedback: The Interactive Role of Global Self-Esteem and Specific Self-Views

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 194-204

  Bernichon, Tiffiny ^a   Cook, Kathleen E ^a   Brown, Jonathon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 85047686968     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.1.194     Document Type: Article

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