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Dreaded Self

Dreaded Self is a possible self representing an undesired and feared future identity that an individual strives to avoid, distinguished from other possible selves by its negative valence and motivational role in self-regulation.

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42

Authors

27

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

29

Positive illusions about the self: Short-term benefits and long-term costs.

Richard W. Robins, Jennifer S. Beer · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2001 · 671 citations

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Whose Bad Objects Are We Anyway? Repetition and Our Elusive Love Affair with Evil

Jody Messler Davies · Psychoanalytic Dialogues · 2004 · 278 citations

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Selflessness and the Loss of Self

Jean Hampton · Social Philosophy and Policy · 1993 · 174 citations

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The Menace Within: Obsessions and the Self

Frederick Aardema, Kieron O’Connor · Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy · 2007 · 134 citations

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Freedom versus fear: On the defense, growth, and expansion of the self.

Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg, Jamie L. Goldenberg · 2003 · 76 citations

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Authors

42

  1. RW
    Richard W. Robins

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 720 citations

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  2. JS
    Jennifer S. Beer

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 720 citations

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  3. FA
    Frederick Aardema

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    2 publications · 178 citations

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  4. EZ
    Edward Zigler

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 57 citations

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  5. JG
    Jeff Greenberg

    University of Arizona, United States

    1 publications · 76 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  2. Mediterranean University

    Podgorica, Montenegro

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    671 citations

  4. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  5. International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. Lincoln University - Missouri

    Jefferson City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  7. University of the West Indies

    Kingston, Jamaica

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. Oslo University Hospital

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 720 citations

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  3. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

    1 publications · 57 citations

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  4. Psychoanalytic Dialogues

    1 publications · 278 citations

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  5. Sociometry

    1 publications · 65 citations

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