Coming to terms with failure: Private self-enhancement and public self-effacement

1992/01/01 by Jonathon D. Brown, Jonathon D Brown, Frances M Gallagher · 96 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Context (archaeology) #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Self-enhancement #Self-esteem #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/0022-1031(92)90029-j

published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 28(1), 3-22 (Elsevier BV)

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