Compensatory self-inflation: A response to the threat to self-regard of public failure.

1985/07/01 by Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski · 8 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · Decision Sciences · #Psychology of Social Influence #Emotions and Moral Behavior #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.49.1.273

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