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| Miron ZuckermanSummaryAffiliation: University of Rochester Country: USA Publications
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Testing discrepancy effects: a critique, a suggestion, and an illustrationMiron Zuckerman
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput 34:291-303. 2002..The problems inherent in using difference scores and the advantage of testing the interaction are illustrated in relation to research programs on two separate topics in social psychology...
What individuals believe they can and cannot do: explorations of realistic and unrealistic control beliefsMiron Zuckerman
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
J Pers Assess 82:215-32. 2004..The results demonstrate a need to discriminate between the two types of control beliefs...
Costs of self-handicappingMiron Zuckerman
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
J Pers 73:411-42. 2005..Study 4 showed that self-handicappers reported a loss in intrinsic motivation for their jobs. It was suggested that people with unstable (or contingent) self-esteem use self-handicapping to bolster a fragile self-concept...
Self-enhancement by social comparison: a prospective analysisMiron Zuckerman
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, NY 14627 0266, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 32:751-60. 2006..High (compared to low) self-enhancers were less likely to report lower self-esteem under higher challenge and less likely to report higher self-esteem under positive events...
