Self-enhancement is a type of motivation that works to make people feel good about themselves and to maintain self-esteem. This motive becomes especially...

Outline of self Overconfidence effect Passiveness Self-affirmation Self-awareness Self-enhancement Self-esteem functions Self-esteem instability Self-evaluation...

the motives that drive self-evaluation, along with self-verification and self-enhancement. Sedikides (1993) suggests that the self-assessment motive will...

initial theory, research began to focus on social comparison as a way of self-enhancement, introducing the concepts of downward and upward comparisons and expanding...

Enhancement may refer to: Breast enhancement, breast enlargement or contouring Cleavage enhancement, an increase in the definition of breast cleavage...

bipolar dimension is self-enhancement versus self-transcendence and is concerned on the one side with the interests of one-self and on the other side...

In the psychology of self, one's self-concept (also called self-construction, self-identity, self-perspective or self-structure) is a collection of beliefs...

self-serving bias. Two types of motivation affect the self-serving bias: self-enhancement and self-presentation. Self-enhancement aims to uphold self-worth;...

is self-views (including self-concepts and self-esteem). It is one of the motives that drive self-evaluation, along with self-enhancement and self-assessment...

more positive light. This is also known as the self-enhancement theory. Seeking to ameliorate one’s self-esteem is a strong motivation to believe that...