Self-enhancement: food for thought
Self-enhancement denotes a class of psychological phenomena that involve taking a tendentiously positive view of oneself. We distinguish between four levels of self-enhancement-an observed effect, an ongoing process, a personality trait, and an underlying motive-and then use these distinctions to or...
Main Authors: | Sedikides, Constantine (Author), Gregg, Aiden P. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2008-03.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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