Better than my past self: Temporal comparison raises children's pride without triggering superiority goals

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2020, Pages 1554-1566

  Gürel, Çisem ^a   Brummelman, Eddie ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Overbeek, Geertjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Self concept; Social comparison; Temporal comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85081310942     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000733     Document Type: Article

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