Details

Title

Self-control and Self-consciousness: Regulation or Acceleration of Self-discrepancy Distress?

Journal title

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 52

Issue

No 1

Affiliation

Mestvirishvili, Maia : Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ; Mestvirishvili, Natia : Caucasus University

Authors

Keywords

self-discrepancy ; self-control ; Self-consciousness ; stress ; anxiety ; depression

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Humanistyczne i Społeczne

Coverage

31-39

Publisher

Committee for Psychological Science PAS

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Date

2021.07.01

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DOI: 10.24425/ppb.2021.136814

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