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How does accountability reduce self-enhancement? The role of self-focus

How does accountability reduce self-enhancement? The role of self-focus
How does accountability reduce self-enhancement? The role of self-focus
Past research (Sedikides, Herbst, Hardin, & Dardis, 2002) has shown that accountability (the expectation to explain, justify, and defend one's self-judgments to an audience) curtails self-enhancement due to identifiability and evaluation expectancy concerns. The authors report an experiment that established focus on one's weaknesses as the mechanism through which evaluation expectancy reduces self-enhancement in accountable and identifiable participants. The findings affirm both the potential of accountability for deterring self-enhancement and the role of self focus as a crucial mechanism in this process.

Des travaux antérieurs (Sedikides, Herbst, Hardin, & Dardis, 2002) ont montré que l’attente d’avoir à expliquer, justifier et défendre ses propres jugements devant un auditoire affaiblit l’auto-valorisation pour des raisons de visibilité et d’évaluation de soi. Les auteurs décrivent une expérience montrant que la focalisation sur ses propres faiblesses est le mécanisme responsable de cet affaiblissement. Les résultats attestent à la fois le potentiel de l’attente invoquée antérieurement (avoir à expliquer, justifier et défendre ses propres jugements) pour réduire l’auto-valorisation et le rôle crucial de l’auto-focalisation dans cette réduction.
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Herbst, Kenneth C.
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Herbst, Kenneth C.
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Sedikides, Constantine and Herbst, Kenneth C. (2002) How does accountability reduce self-enhancement? The role of self-focus. Revue Internationale De Psychologie Sociale: Soi et Identité, 15 (3-4), 113-128.

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Abstract

Past research (Sedikides, Herbst, Hardin, & Dardis, 2002) has shown that accountability (the expectation to explain, justify, and defend one's self-judgments to an audience) curtails self-enhancement due to identifiability and evaluation expectancy concerns. The authors report an experiment that established focus on one's weaknesses as the mechanism through which evaluation expectancy reduces self-enhancement in accountable and identifiable participants. The findings affirm both the potential of accountability for deterring self-enhancement and the role of self focus as a crucial mechanism in this process.

Des travaux antérieurs (Sedikides, Herbst, Hardin, & Dardis, 2002) ont montré que l’attente d’avoir à expliquer, justifier et défendre ses propres jugements devant un auditoire affaiblit l’auto-valorisation pour des raisons de visibilité et d’évaluation de soi. Les auteurs décrivent une expérience montrant que la focalisation sur ses propres faiblesses est le mécanisme responsable de cet affaiblissement. Les résultats attestent à la fois le potentiel de l’attente invoquée antérieurement (avoir à expliquer, justifier et défendre ses propres jugements) pour réduire l’auto-valorisation et le rôle crucial de l’auto-focalisation dans cette réduction.

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Published date: 2002

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Local EPrints ID: 18237
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/18237
PURE UUID: 93867815-3ded-40aa-8d67-9752df427d10
ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Date deposited: 25 Jan 2006
Last modified: 22 Apr 2026 16:30

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Author: Kenneth C. Herbst

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