The “Better Than Myself Effect”

2001/03/01 by Mark D. Alicke, Debbie S. Vredenburg, Matthew Hiatt +1 · 47 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Computer science #Dimension (graph theory) #Mathematics #Mental Health Research Topics #Psychology #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Statistics #Trait

paper · doi:10.1023/a:1010655705069

published in Motivation and Emotion 25(1), 7-22 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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• On Being Better but not Smarter than Others: The Muhammad Ali Effect
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