Self-enhancement: Conceptualization and Assessment

Collabra: Psychology

Joachim I. Krueger¹  Patrick R. Heck²  Jens B. Asendorpf³ 

[1] Brown University;Geisinger Health System;Humboldt University, Berlin

关键词: self-enhancement;    regression;    residuals;    reification;    bias;    measurement;   

DOI  :  10.1525/collabra.91

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: University of California Press

【 摘 要 】

Self-enhancement bias is conventionally construed as an unwarranted social comparison in social psychology and a misperception of social reality in personality psychology. Researchers in both fields rely heavily on discrepancy scores to represent self-enhancement and fail to distinguish between a general tendency or bias to self-enhance and a self-enhancement error, or false perception of own excellence. We critically review prominent discrepancy measures and then propose a decision-theoretic alternative that [a] mitigates confounds between self-positivity and self-superiority, [b] separates error from bias, and [c] discourages reliance on measures that reify self-enhancement as a stable personality trait. To evaluate our hypotheses, we re-analyze data collected in our laboratory and perform a series of simulation studies. We share these materials with interested researchers.

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【 授权许可】

CC BY