Self-enhancement and self-protection strategies in China: cultural expressions of a fundamental human motive

The motive to enhance and protect positive views of the self manifests in a variety of cognitive and behavioral strategies, but its universality versus cultural specificity is debated by scholars. We sought to inform this debate by soliciting self-reports of the four principal types of self-enhancem...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hepper, Erica G. (Author), Sedikides, Constantine (Author), Cai, Huajian (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013-01.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
Get fulltext