Accuracy and bias in self-perception of performance: Narcissism matters in Korea as well
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- 作者：Sun W. Park ; Stefanie M. Tignor ; Min Joo Joo ; Yong Hoe Heo
- 关键词：Cultural psychology ; Korean ; Narcissism ; Personality ; Self ; enhancement ; Self ; assessment
- 刊名：Korean Social Science Journal
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：43
- 期：2
- 页码：29-43
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- 刊物主题：Methodology of the Social Sciences; Social Sciences, general;
- 出版者：Springer Singapore
- ISSN：2196-4424
- 卷排序：43
文摘
Debates regarding the nature of self-enhancement versus accurate self-assessment have been active among psychologists for decades. More recently, researchers have become interested in the panculturality of self-enhancement. Some researchers argue that self-enhancement is universal and present within all cultures. Others declare self-enhancement to be a Western tendency, with self-diminishment being the norm among East Asians. Importantly, the majority of such studies have not compared self-perceptions against objective external criteria, especially those with East Asians. Furthermore, the link between narcissism and self-enhancement has been largely overlooked within Korean samples. To address such gaps, we utilized scores on an objective test as a criterion to investigate the accuracy of Koreans’ self-assessments of performance, as well as how individual differences in narcissism are related to such assessments. A sample of Korean students (N = 146; 71 women) completed self-report measures of narcissism and self-esteem, and took a listening comprehension quiz. Estimated and actual scores were collected and used to compute self-enhancement scores. Results demonstrated that Koreans’ self-perceptions of performance on the quiz were quite accurate. As has been found in Western cultures, narcissism was related to self-enhancement.