Measuring Self-Enhancement: From Self-Report to Concrete Behavior

Then A Miracle Occurs: Focusing on Behavior in Social Psychological Theory and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Paulhus, Delroy L ^a   Holden, Ronald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Over claiming; Personality; Response latency; Self enhancement; Self presentation; Self report; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377798.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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