Is self-enhancement healthy? Conceptual, psychometric, and empirical analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 955-966

  Asendorpf, Jens B ^a   Ostendorf, Fritz ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032043856     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.955     Document Type: Article

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