Although social psychology has been traditionally focused on interpersonal relationships,
the cognitive revolution in psychology has had the effect of refocusing some social …

Three conceptual models of self-defeating behavior can be distinguished on the basis of
intentionality (desiring and foreseeing harm). In primary self-destruction, the person foresees …

This book includes chapters on major aspects of the structural equation modeling approach
to research design and data analysis. It targets graduate students and seasoned …

Throughout the past few thousand years, historical accounts, philosophical treatises, and
works of fiction and poetry have often depicted humans as having a need to perceive …

This book is about the ways which human behavior is affected concerns with people may be
doing, their public impressions they typically prefer that No matter what else other people …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

This article elaborates a view of anxiety as deriving from a basic human need to belong to
social groups. Anxiety is seen as a pervasive and possibly an innately prepared form of …

Self-esteem at work: Research, theory, and practice. Self-esteem at work: Research, theory,
and practice. Citation Brockner, J. (1988). Self-esteem at work: Research, theory, and practice …

In this article we discuss the strategies that people may use to cope with situations that are
risky in that they present the possibility for failure and potential threats to self-esteem …

Although everyone complains at least occasionally, surprisingly little research attention has
been devoted to the topic of complaining. In this review, complaints are defined as …