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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 621-633 |
| Journal | European Journal of Personality |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Are actual and perceived intellectual self-enhancers evaluated differently by social perceivers? / Dufner, M.; Denissen, J.J.A.; Sedikides, C.; van Zalk, M.H.W.; Meeus, W.H.J.; van Aken, M.A.G.
In: European Journal of Personality, Vol. 27, No. 6, 2013, p. 621-633.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Are actual and perceived intellectual self-enhancers evaluated differently by social perceivers?
AU - Dufner, M.
AU - Denissen, J.J.A.
AU - Sedikides, C.
AU - van Zalk, M.H.W.
AU - Meeus, W.H.J.
AU - van Aken, M.A.G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Do actual and perceived self-enhancement entail differing social impressions (i.e. interpersonal evaluations)? Actual self-enhancement represents unduly positive self-views, as gauged by an objective criterion (in this case, IQ scores), whereas perceived self-enhancement involves the extent to which an individual is seen by informants (i.e. peers or observers) as self-enhancing. In an online survey (N = 337), a laboratory experiment (N = 75), and a round-robin study (N = 183), we tested the effects of actual and perceived intellectual self-enhancement on (informant-rated) emotional stability, social attractiveness, and social influence. Actual self-enhancers were rated as emotionally stable, socially attractive, and socially influential. High perceived self-enhancers were judged as socially influential, whereas low-to-moderate perceived self-enhancers were deemed emotionally stable and socially attractive. Privately entertained, illusory positive (even extreme) self-beliefs confer social benefits, whereas being perceived as self-enhancing buys social influence at the cost of being despised.
AB - Do actual and perceived self-enhancement entail differing social impressions (i.e. interpersonal evaluations)? Actual self-enhancement represents unduly positive self-views, as gauged by an objective criterion (in this case, IQ scores), whereas perceived self-enhancement involves the extent to which an individual is seen by informants (i.e. peers or observers) as self-enhancing. In an online survey (N = 337), a laboratory experiment (N = 75), and a round-robin study (N = 183), we tested the effects of actual and perceived intellectual self-enhancement on (informant-rated) emotional stability, social attractiveness, and social influence. Actual self-enhancers were rated as emotionally stable, socially attractive, and socially influential. High perceived self-enhancers were judged as socially influential, whereas low-to-moderate perceived self-enhancers were deemed emotionally stable and socially attractive. Privately entertained, illusory positive (even extreme) self-beliefs confer social benefits, whereas being perceived as self-enhancing buys social influence at the cost of being despised.
U2 - 10.1002/per.1934
DO - 10.1002/per.1934
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 621
EP - 633
JO - European Journal of Personality
JF - European Journal of Personality
SN - 0890-2070
IS - 6
ER -