The psychological structure of pride: A tale of two facets.
2007/01/01 by Jessica L. Tracy, Richard W. Robins · 1,098 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Antecedent (behavioral psychology) #Attribution #Big Five personality traits #Emotional Labor in Professions #Emotions and Moral Behavior #Language, Metaphor, and Cognition #Meaning (existential) #Personality #Pride #Psychology #Social psychology #Trait
paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.92.3.506
published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 92(3), 506-525 (American Psychological Association)
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Abstract
To provide support for the theoretical distinction between 2 facets of pride, authentic and hubristic (J. L. Tracy & R. W. Robins, 2004a), the authors conducted 7 studies. Studies 1-4 demonstrate that the 2 facets (a) emerge in analyses of the semantic meaning of pride-related words, the dispositional tendency to experience pride, and reports of actual pride experiences; (b) have divergent personality correlates and distinct antecedent causal attributions; and (c) do not simply reflect positively and negatively valenced, high- and low-activation, or state versus trait forms of pride. In Studies 5-7, the authors develop and demonstrate the reliability and validity of brief, 7-item scales that can be used to assess the facets of pride in future research.
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