How People See Others Is Different From How People See Themselves: A Replicable Pattern Across Cultures

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 870-882

  Allik, Jüri ^a   Realo, Anu ^a   Mõttus, René ^a   Borkenau, Peter ^b   Kuppens, Peter ^c,d   Hřebíčková, Martina ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Internal and external perspective; Personality ratings; Self enhancement; The actor observer hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958530778     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020963     Document Type: Article

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