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Narcissistic Illusions in Self‐Evaluations of Intelligence and Attractiveness
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In this study we compared the ability of narcissism and self‐esteem to predict positive illusions in self‐evaluations of intelligence and physical attractiveness in a sample of 146 college students. Narcissism predicted both types of illusion for males and females; self‐esteem predicted intelligence self‐illusion for males. Both males and females overestimated their own intelligence, with males, but not females, also overestimating their attractiveness. Positive illusions for intelligence and attractiveness were correlated. Males showed greater positive illusions than females, with this effect at least partly attributable to observed gender differences in narcissism.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gabriel, M. T., Critelli, J. W., & Ee, J. S.
- Affiliations
- University of North Texas (US)
- Corresponding author
- Critelli, Joseph W.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1994-03
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 143-155
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W1996705059
- Semantic Scholar
- 5535ac46bf46cfdc14f7c40d0fecad5c92745a9a
- Cited by
- 478
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 4.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- narcissism, self-esteem, positive illusions, self-assessment, gender differences, university students
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