Quantifying the Association of Self-Enhancement Bias With Self-Ratings of Personality and Life Satisfaction

Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 588-602

  Leising, Daniel ^a   Locke, Kenneth D ^b   Kurzius, Elena ^a,c   Zimmermann, Johannes ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

evaluation; perceiver; self enhancement bias; self report; social desirability; social relations model; target

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADULT; BIAS; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 85032068685     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191115590852     Document Type: Article

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