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Self-Esteem and Self-Enhancement in Japan and America
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Although the self-enhancement motive is commonly held to be a universal human motivation, some theorists have recently argued that it does not operate in Japan. In an attempt to shed light on this issue, the authors conducted an investigation that explored the relation between self-esteem and self-enhancement in Japan and America. In both cultures and to the same degree, high self-esteem people were more apt to display evidence of self-enhancement than were low self-esteem people. The correspondence between the two cultures suggests that the self-enhancement motive does operate in Japan.
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From Cultural norm fulfillment, interpersonal belonging, or getting ahead? A large-scale cross-cultural test of three perspectives on the function of self-esteem. (2015) · cites this paper as Kobayashi & Brown, 2003
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kobayashi, C., & Brown, J. D.
- Affiliations
- The University of Osaka (JP)
- University of Washington (US)
- ORCID
- Brown, Jonathon D.
- Venue
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-09
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 567-580
- ISSN
- 0022-0221 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-5422
- OpenAlex
- W2124023679
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 5.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- self-esteem, self-enhancement, self-enhancement motive, cross-cultural comparison, Japanese culture, American culture
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