Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection Motives

The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Alicke, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Better than average effect; Psychological health; Self enhancement; Self memory; Self protection; Self serving bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923565881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399820.013.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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