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JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 89, Issue 4, Pages 531-538Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.4.531
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH060155-01A2] Funding Source: Medline
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C. Sedikides, L. Gaertner, and Y. Toguchi (2003) maintained that the self-enhancement motivation (as defined by tendencies to view oneself in overly positive terms) is universal. The present article challenges their claim. A review of the literature revealed that many studies contradict. their findings regarding the domain-specific nature of East Asian self-enhancement. It is argued that Sedikides et al. did not replicate past research because they did not measure self-enhancement in their studies. The present article provides a theoretical basis for understanding cross-cultural differences in self-enhancement and considers the question of universality by exploring 2 different conceptualizations of positive self-regard.
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