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Self-enhancement, self-assessment, and self-evaluative task choice.

M J Strube, L A Roemmele

    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
    |October 1, 1985
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    Individuals with low self-esteem and ego-protective tendencies seek self-enhancing information. Others, including those with high self-esteem, prioritize accurate self-assessment, demonstrating the interplay of self-esteem and information seeking.

    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Social Psychology

    Background:

    • Self-evaluation research presents two views: self-assessment (seeking accuracy) and self-enhancement (seeking positive self-implications).
    • Understanding self-knowledge acquisition requires examining conditions influencing these contrasting viewpoints.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the conditions under which self-assessment and self-enhancement views adequately describe self-evaluative task choice.
    • To predict task preferences based on self-esteem levels and self-protective tendencies.

    Main Methods:

    • Participants chose between cognitive abilities test forms varying in diagnosticity of success and failure.
    • Individual differences in self-esteem and ego-protective strategies were assessed.

    Main Results:

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    • Individuals with low self-esteem and ego-protective tendencies preferred tasks high in success diagnosticity and low in failure diagnosticity.
    • Individuals with low ego-protective tendencies (high and low self-esteem) preferred tasks high in both success and failure diagnosticity.
    • High self-esteem individuals with high ego-protective tendencies showed no clear preference between self-assessment and self-enhancement tasks.

    Conclusions:

    • Self-evaluative task choice is influenced by a combination of information diagnosticity and the need for self-esteem protection.
    • The findings highlight the importance of considering both accuracy and self-enhancement motives in understanding self-evaluation.