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Individual differences in self-enhancement and self-protection strategies: an integrative analysis

Individual differences in self-enhancement and self-protection strategies: an integrative analysis
Individual differences in self-enhancement and self-protection strategies: an integrative analysis
Research has identified a large number of strategies that people use to self-enhance or self-protect. We aimed for an empirical integration of these strategies. Two studies used self-report items to assess all commonly recognized self-enhancement or self-protection strategies. In Study 1 (N = 345), exploratory factor analysis identified four reliable factors. In Study 2 (N = 416), this model was validated using confirmatory factor analysis. The factors related differentially to the key personality variables of regulatory focus, self-esteem, and narcissism. Expanding this integrative approach in the future can reveal a great deal about the structure and dynamics of self-enhancement and self-protection motivation.
self-enhancement, self-protection, regulatory focus, self-esteem, narcissism
0022-3506
781-814
Hepper, Erica G.
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Gramzow, Richard H.
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Hepper, Erica G.
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Gramzow, Richard H.
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Hepper, Erica G., Gramzow, Richard H. and Sedikides, Constantine (2010) Individual differences in self-enhancement and self-protection strategies: an integrative analysis. Journal of Personality, 78, 781-814. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00633.x).

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Research has identified a large number of strategies that people use to self-enhance or self-protect. We aimed for an empirical integration of these strategies. Two studies used self-report items to assess all commonly recognized self-enhancement or self-protection strategies. In Study 1 (N = 345), exploratory factor analysis identified four reliable factors. In Study 2 (N = 416), this model was validated using confirmatory factor analysis. The factors related differentially to the key personality variables of regulatory focus, self-esteem, and narcissism. Expanding this integrative approach in the future can reveal a great deal about the structure and dynamics of self-enhancement and self-protection motivation.

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Accepted/In Press date: March 2009
Published date: March 2010
Keywords: self-enhancement, self-protection, regulatory focus, self-esteem, narcissism

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Local EPrints ID: 66744
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66744
ISSN: 0022-3506
PURE UUID: 9d2cd931-3cf0-49db-951e-4c3d24992f82
ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Date deposited: 15 Jul 2009
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:43

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Author: Erica G. Hepper
Author: Richard H. Gramzow

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