Trait Valence and the Better-Than-Average Effect

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13664237
AutoresRon S Gold (Deakin University, autor correspondente), Mark Brown (0000-0003-4098-2929, Deakin University), Mark G Brown (Deakin University, Victoria, Australia)
Ano2011
Volume109
Fascículo3
Páginas734-738
Data de publicação2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/07.27.pr0.109.6.734-738
PMID22420108
OpenAlexW1985772645
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas16

People tend to regard themselves as having superior personality traits compared to their average peer. To test whether this "better-than-average effect" varies with trait valence, participants (N = 154 students) rated both themselves and the average student on traits constituting either positive or negative poles of five trait dimensions. In each case, the better-than-average effect was found, but trait valence had no effect. Results were discussed in terms of Kahneman and Tversky's prospect theory

Big Five personality traits · Personality · Physics · Trait · Trait theory · Valence (chemistry · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology