Interpersonal and intrapsychic adaptiveness of trait self-enhancement: A mixed blessing?
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyPublished 1 January 1998
Delroy L. Paulhus
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Reactions to trait self-enhancement were investigated in 2 longitudinal studies of person perception in discussion groups, finding that all self- enhancement measures correlated positively with self-esteem.
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Reactions to trait self-enhancers were investigated in 2 longitudinal studies of person perception in discussion groups. Groups of 4-6 participants met 7 times for 20 min. After Meetings 1 and 7, group members rated their perceptions of one another. In Study 1, trait self-enhancement was indexed by measures of narcissism and self-deceptive enhancement. At the first meeting, self-enhancers made positive impressions. They were seen as agreeable, well adjusted, and competent. After 7 weeks, however, they were rated negatively and gave self-evaluations discrepant with peer evaluations they received. In Study 2, an independent sample of observers (close acquaintances) enabled a pretest index of discrepancy self-enhancement: It predicted the same deteriorating pattern of interpersonal perceptions as the other three trait measures. Nonetheless, all self-enhancement measures correlated positively with self-esteem.
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