Add to ORKGPeople react more favorably to boasting when it is supported by evidence. But the researchers found being modest — saying you’re average at something when the evidence shows you’re actually great at it — makes someone the most likeable
People are often tempted to bring their abilities and character strengths under the attention of oth...
Whether it is an individual or a corporation, it is natural to desire credit for good deeds. However...
The adaptiveness of overly positive self-evaluation is heavily debated. The present research emphasi...
People engage in self-promotional behavior because they want others to hold favorable images of them...
The present research sought to conceptually replicate and extend previous research showing that accu...
People engage in self-promotional behavior because they want others to hold favorable images of them...
Within American gender norms is the expectation that women should be modest. We argue that violating...
Within American gender norms is the expectation that women should be modest. We argue that violating...
We tested the prediction, derived from the hubris hypothesis (Hoorens, Pandelaere, Oldersma, & Sedik...
People often brag about, or advertise, their good deeds to others. Seven studies investigate how bra...
Humblebragging – bragging masked by a complaint – is a distinct and, given the rise of social media,...
Abstract The primary goal of this study was to examine whether basking in reflected glory (BIRGing) ...
The use of an intermediary to convey positive information about a target person is received more fav...
Overclaiming is a concrete operationalization of self-enhancement based on respondents’ ratings of t...
We tested the prediction, derived from the hubris hypothesis, that bragging might serve as a verbal ...
People are often tempted to bring their abilities and character strengths under the attention of oth...
Whether it is an individual or a corporation, it is natural to desire credit for good deeds. However...
The adaptiveness of overly positive self-evaluation is heavily debated. The present research emphasi...
People engage in self-promotional behavior because they want others to hold favorable images of them...
The present research sought to conceptually replicate and extend previous research showing that accu...
People engage in self-promotional behavior because they want others to hold favorable images of them...
Within American gender norms is the expectation that women should be modest. We argue that violating...
Within American gender norms is the expectation that women should be modest. We argue that violating...
We tested the prediction, derived from the hubris hypothesis (Hoorens, Pandelaere, Oldersma, & Sedik...
People often brag about, or advertise, their good deeds to others. Seven studies investigate how bra...
Humblebragging – bragging masked by a complaint – is a distinct and, given the rise of social media,...
Abstract The primary goal of this study was to examine whether basking in reflected glory (BIRGing) ...
The use of an intermediary to convey positive information about a target person is received more fav...
Overclaiming is a concrete operationalization of self-enhancement based on respondents’ ratings of t...
We tested the prediction, derived from the hubris hypothesis, that bragging might serve as a verbal ...
People are often tempted to bring their abilities and character strengths under the attention of oth...
Whether it is an individual or a corporation, it is natural to desire credit for good deeds. However...
The adaptiveness of overly positive self-evaluation is heavily debated. The present research emphasi...