ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2005, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (6): 822-827.

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About the Controversy on the Universality of Self-Enhancement Bias

Wang Yinan   

  1. Department of Psychology, Sun Ye-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • Received:2005-03-29 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-11-15 Published:2005-11-15
  • Contact: Wang Yinan

Abstract: The cultural-self perspective challenged the universality of self-enhancement. It was argued that Easterners do not own the same positive self-regard as the Westerners. On the other hand, some theorists suggested that Easterners can self-enhance and regarded the importance of behaviors and traits as a mediating variable. After offering a literature review about the controversy, the authors suggested to explore Easterners’ self-esteem from the perspective of face

Key words: self-enhancement, self-improvement, face, culture

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