The Relation between Overly Positive Self-Evaluation and Adjustment: A Comment on Colvin, Block, and Funder (1995)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1250-1251

  Zuckerman, Miron ^a   Knee, C Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; HUMAN; NOTE; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0742307889     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.6.1250     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Colvin, C. R., & Block, J. (1994). Do positive illusions foster mental health? An examination of the Taylor and Brown formulation. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 3-20.
2. Colvin, C. R., Block, J., & Funder, D. C. (1995). Overly positive self-evaluation and personality: Negative implications for mental health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 1152-1162.
3. Taylor, S. E., & Brown, J. D. (1988). Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health. Psychological Bulletin, 103, 193-210.