Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007

What types of studies test the question of pancultural self-enhancement? Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea (2007) have identified inclusion criteria that largely limit the question to studies of the better-than-average effect (i.e. 27 out of 29 effects that they include as ‘validated’ and ‘relevant’)....

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Main Authors: Heine, S., Kitayama, S., Hamamura, Takeshi
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing Limited 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24392
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Kitayama, S.
Hamamura, Takeshi
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description What types of studies test the question of pancultural self-enhancement? Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea (2007) have identified inclusion criteria that largely limit the question to studies of the better-than-average effect (i.e. 27 out of 29 effects that they include as ‘validated’ and ‘relevant’). In contrast, other effects which they labelled as ‘unvalidated’ or ‘irrelevant’ used methods other than the better-than-average effect (i.e. 24 out of 24 effects). Because Sedikides et al. are drawing conclusions about pancultural self-enhancement and not the pancultural better-than-average effect, these excluded studies are relevant to the hypothesis under question. Ignoring the findings from other methods is highly problematic, in particular because these other methods yield results that conflict with those from the better-than-average effect. An analysis of effects from all studies reveals no support for pancultural self-enhancement.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-243922017-02-28T01:47:57Z Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007 Heine, S. Kitayama, S. Hamamura, Takeshi self-enhancement meta-analysis culture What types of studies test the question of pancultural self-enhancement? Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea (2007) have identified inclusion criteria that largely limit the question to studies of the better-than-average effect (i.e. 27 out of 29 effects that they include as ‘validated’ and ‘relevant’). In contrast, other effects which they labelled as ‘unvalidated’ or ‘irrelevant’ used methods other than the better-than-average effect (i.e. 24 out of 24 effects). Because Sedikides et al. are drawing conclusions about pancultural self-enhancement and not the pancultural better-than-average effect, these excluded studies are relevant to the hypothesis under question. Ignoring the findings from other methods is highly problematic, in particular because these other methods yield results that conflict with those from the better-than-average effect. An analysis of effects from all studies reveals no support for pancultural self-enhancement. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24392 Blackwell Publishing Limited restricted
spellingShingle self-enhancement
meta-analysis
culture
Heine, S.
Kitayama, S.
Hamamura, Takeshi
Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007
title Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007
title_full Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007
title_fullStr Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007
title_full_unstemmed Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007
title_short Which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? Reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Vevea, 2007
title_sort which studies test whether self-enhancement is pancultural? reply to sedikides, gaertner, and vevea, 2007
topic self-enhancement
meta-analysis
culture
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24392