Defensiveness as a moderator variable for self esteem.

The need to take into account the moderating effects of defen- ' siveness in understanding how scores on self report assessments of personality are arrived at is suggested on theoretical and empirical grounds alike. To the extent that people have strong images of who they would like to be (e.g....

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Main Author: Teraspulsky, Laurie Ann
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1983
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2282
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3418&context=theses