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
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Hepper, Erica G.
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Gramzow, Richard H.
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Sedikides, Constantine
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March 2010
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, .
(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
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self-enhancement, self-protection, regulatory focus, self-esteem, narcissism
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