202410.22
Do you consider yourself to be superior to others in every domain? (Paper publication)
Posted in RESEARCH
People tend to have positive self-evaluations in which they believe they are better than others. However, it is not known whether positive self-evaluation exists because of different domains. Nor is its relationship to personality traits well understood. In this paper, we find that Japanese youth rate themselves as less immoral than their peers, while worse than others in competence domains. It showed that people tend to use the self-protection motive in the moral domain. Moreover, characteristics were not correlated to the positive self-evaluation in the negative moral domains. But, many trust-relevant characteristics were correlated with both self-and other-evaluationsin the moral domains. It may indicate a similar evaluation toward oneself and others in the moral domains. This study developed a framework for evaluation domains by combining the social perception dimension and motivation and suggested the underlying mechanisms of self-evaluation, which may stem from mutual trust.
The research paper "The psychological mechanisms of the better-than-average effect in the moral and competence domains under self-enhancement and self-protection motives among young Japanese adults" has been published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. (Ding) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1367568
People tend to have positive self-evaluations in which they believe they are better than others. However, it is not known whether positive self-evaluation exists because of different domains. Nor is its relationship to personality traits well understood. In this paper, we find that Japanese youth rate themselves as less immoral than their peers, while worse than others in competence domains. It showed that people tend to use the self-protection motive in the moral domain. Moreover, characteristics were not correlated to the positive self-evaluation in the negative moral domains. But, many trust-relevant characteristics were correlated with both self-and other-evaluationsin the moral domains. It may indicate a similar evaluation toward oneself and others in the moral domains. This study developed a framework for evaluation domains by combining the social perception dimension and motivation and suggested the underlying mechanisms of self-evaluation, which may stem from mutual trust.
The research paper "The psychological mechanisms of the better-than-average effect in the moral and competence domains under self-enhancement and self-protection motives among young Japanese adults" has been published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. (Ding)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1367568