Lo, Christopher, Helwig, Charles C., Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua, Ohashi, Megumi M., and Cheng, Clara Michelle (2011) The psychology of strengths and weaknesses: assessing self-enhancing and self-critical tendencies in Eastern and Western cultures. Self and Identity, 10 (2). pp. 203-212.

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Abstract

We examined the extent to which individuals from East Asia and North America exhibit self-enhancing and self-critical tendencies when appraising their personal strengths and weaknesses, to test whether a self-critical motivation may replace a self-enhancing motivation among Easterners. Four hundred four university students from Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, and the United States were surveyed concerning their beliefs about ten self-nominated positive and negative attributes. Questions included how long they have possessed each attribute, its importance and salience, and the desire to improve the attribute. The pattern of findings suggests that both self-enhancing and self-critical tendencies coexist within individuals across both cultural contexts, although Easterners were less self-enhancing and more self-critical than Westerners.

Item ID:	69162
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1529-8876
Copyright Information:	© 2010 Psychology Press, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business
Date Deposited:	19 Sep 2024 01:14
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5205 Social and personality psychology > 520505 Social psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1399 Other culture and society > 139999 Other culture and society not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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