Self-enhancement, the motive to view oneself in positive light, and its manifestations have received wide attention in behavioral sciences. The self-enhancement manifestations vary on a continuum from a subjective level (agentic narcissism, communal narcissism, narcissistic grandiosity) through an intermediate level (better-than-average judgments) to an objective level (overclaiming one’s knowledge). Prior research has established the heritability of self-enhancement manifestations at the subjective and intermediate levels. The present twin study demonstrated that (1) the objective level of self-enhancement manifestation is also heritable, (2) a common core, which is moderately heritable, underlies the three levels of self-enhancement manif...
The primary aim of this study was to determine if there is a causal association between self-enhance...
Self-expansion, the addition of positive traits to an individual’s self-concept, has many benefits t...
People often display a rosy bias in their self-perception. This self-enhancement bias is the tendenc...
Self-enhancement, the motive to view oneself in positive light, and its manifestations have received...
Research has variously portrayed self-enhancement as an indicator of narcissistic defensiveness or a...
Asendorpf JB, Ostendorf F. Is self-enhancement healthy? Conceptual, psychometric, and empirical anal...
Self-enhancement consists of an overly positive self-perception that takes on two, somewhat independ...
Two distinct styles of self-enhancement were proposed, an Offensive Self-Enhancement Style which con...
The present research explored the self-enhancement strategies autonomous individuals use and tried t...
Self-enhancement encompasses motives and self-directed effort to increase the positivity of one’s se...
Prior research has shown that people often self-enhance to protect their self-concept from harm. The...
Background To date, the genetic and environmental architecture of the dimensions of psychological we...
This research explores the relationship between self-enhancement motivation (i.e., the motive to hav...
Two studies addressed parallel questions about the correlates and consequences of self-enhancement b...
Self-enhancement denotes a class of psychological phenomena that involve taking a tendentiously posi...
The primary aim of this study was to determine if there is a causal association between self-enhance...
Self-expansion, the addition of positive traits to an individual’s self-concept, has many benefits t...
People often display a rosy bias in their self-perception. This self-enhancement bias is the tendenc...
Self-enhancement, the motive to view oneself in positive light, and its manifestations have received...
Research has variously portrayed self-enhancement as an indicator of narcissistic defensiveness or a...
Asendorpf JB, Ostendorf F. Is self-enhancement healthy? Conceptual, psychometric, and empirical anal...
Self-enhancement consists of an overly positive self-perception that takes on two, somewhat independ...
Two distinct styles of self-enhancement were proposed, an Offensive Self-Enhancement Style which con...
The present research explored the self-enhancement strategies autonomous individuals use and tried t...
Self-enhancement encompasses motives and self-directed effort to increase the positivity of one’s se...
Prior research has shown that people often self-enhance to protect their self-concept from harm. The...
Background To date, the genetic and environmental architecture of the dimensions of psychological we...
This research explores the relationship between self-enhancement motivation (i.e., the motive to hav...
Two studies addressed parallel questions about the correlates and consequences of self-enhancement b...
Self-enhancement denotes a class of psychological phenomena that involve taking a tendentiously posi...
The primary aim of this study was to determine if there is a causal association between self-enhance...
Self-expansion, the addition of positive traits to an individual’s self-concept, has many benefits t...
People often display a rosy bias in their self-perception. This self-enhancement bias is the tendenc...