Social threat and cognitive load magnify self-enhancement and attenuate self-deprecation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 706-711

  Beer, Jennifer S ^a   Chester, David S ^b   Hughes, Brent L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Load; Positive illusion; Self esteem; Self serving cognition; Threat; Unrealistic optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877012926     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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