Disowning the self: The cultural value of modesty can attenuate selfpositivity

	Disowning the self: The cultural value of modesty can attenuate selfpositivity
	Shi, Yuanyuan 1,2,3; Sedikides, Constantine 3; Cai, Huajian1 ; Liu, Yunzhi 1,2; Yang, Ziyan 1,2; Huajian Cai
刊名	QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
	2017
卷号	70 期号:6 页码:1023-1032
关键词	Modesty Self-positivity Self-reference effect Self-processing Culture Chinese culture
ISSN号	1747-0218
英文摘要	Western participants endorse a higher number of positive traits as self-descriptive, but endorse a lower number of negative traits as self-descriptive. They also respond quicker to categorize positive traits as self-descriptive, but respond slower to categorize negative traits as self-descriptive. Is this self-positivity bias qualified by the cultural value of modesty? We induced modesty (vs. punctuality) and assessed self-descriptiveness judgments and response times among Chinese participants. We replicated the self-positivity bias in regards to both self-descriptiveness judgments and response times. In the case of self-descriptiveness judgments, however, the bias was partially qualified by modesty. Relative to control participants, those in the modesty condition endorsed fewer positive traits as self-descriptive and manifested a tendency toward endorsing more negative traits as self-descriptive. In the case of response times, the self-positivity bias was unqualified by modesty. Within both conditions, participants were quicker to categorize positive traits as self-descriptive and were slower to categorize negative traits as self-descriptive. The results speak to the relation between the self-positivity bias and the self-reference effect and illustrate the malleability of self-processing.
WOS标题词	Social Sciences ; Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
类目[WOS]	Psychology, Biological ; Physiology ; Psychology ; Psychology, Experimental
研究领域[WOS]	Psychology ; Physiology
关键词[WOS]	COLLECTIVE SELF ; PERSONAL INFORMATION ; NEGATIVE TRAITS ; INDIVIDUAL SELF ; MEMORY BIASES ; ENHANCEMENT ; SEARCH ; METAANALYSIS ; BRAIN ; ADJECTIVES
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000396823500004
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/21253]
专题	心理研究所_社会与工程心理学研究室
通讯作者	Huajian Cai
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, 16 Lincui Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Southampton, Dept Psychol, Southampton, Hants, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shi, Yuanyuan,Sedikides, Constantine,Cai, Huajian,et al. Disowning the self: The cultural value of modesty can attenuate selfpositivity[J]. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY,2017,70(6):1023-1032.
APA	Shi, Yuanyuan,Sedikides, Constantine,Cai, Huajian,Liu, Yunzhi,Yang, Ziyan,&Huajian Cai.(2017).Disowning the self: The cultural value of modesty can attenuate selfpositivity.QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY,70(6),1023-1032.
MLA	Shi, Yuanyuan,et al."Disowning the self: The cultural value of modesty can attenuate selfpositivity".QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 70.6(2017):1023-1032.