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Download full textSmith, Jonathan; Tesser, Abraham – 1979
A self-esteem maintenance model was tested using 52 friendship pairs. Undergraduates (N=52) participated in a word identification task described as an indirect measure of important skills (high relevance) or as a game of password (low relevance). Participants presented clues to both a friend and a stranger. As predicted by the model, subjects gave…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Friendship, Interaction Process Analysis
