Handbook of self-enhancement and self-protection/ edited by Mark D. Alicke, Constantine Sedikides.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Neural bases of approach and avoidance / Eddie Harmon-Jones -- Self-enhancement : a social neuroscience perspective / Jennifer S. Beer and Brent L. Hughes -- Self-enhancement via redefinition : defining social concepts to ensure positive views of the self / Clayton R. Critcher, Erik G. Helzer, and David Dunning -- Moral hypocrisy : a self-enhancement/self-protection motive in the moral domain / C. Daniel Batson and Elizabeth C. Collins -- The role of time in self-enhancement and self-protection / Anne E. Wilson and Michael Ross -- Reconciling self-protection with self-improvement : self-affirmation theory / David K. Sherman and Kimberly A. Hartson -- Of visions and desires : biased perceptions of the environment can serve self-protective functions / Shana Cole and Emily Balcetis -- Self-enhancement and self-protection in social judgment / Mark D. Alicke and Corey L. Guenther -- Postdecisional self-enhancement and self-protection : the role of the self in cognitive dissonance processes / Jeff Stone and Elizabeth Focella -- The positivity bias and the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory : a self-motives perspective / John J. Skowronski -- The social consequences of self-enhancment and self-protection / Vera Hoorens -- Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain in interpersonal relationships / Joanne V. Wood and Amanda L. Forest -- An attachment perspective on self-protection and self-enhancement / Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer -- To enhance or protect the self? The complex role of explicit and implicit self-esteem / Tracy DeHart, Julie Longua, and Jennifer Smith -- Attributions to discrimination as a self-protective strategy : evaluating the evidence / Brenda Major and Dina Eliezer -- Self-enhancement and self-protection in a developmental context / Kali H. Trzesniewski, Megan Peggy-Anne Kinal, and M. Brent Donnellan -- The breakdown of self-enhancing and self-protecting cognitive biases in depression / Lauren B. Alloy ... [et al.] -- When self-enhancement drives health decisions : insights from a terror management health model / Jamie Arndt and Jamie L. Goldenberg -- Narcissistic self-enhancement : tales of (successful?) self-portrayal / Carolyn C. Morf, Stephan Horvath, and Loredana Torchetti -- Cultural perspectives on self-enhancment and self-protection / Chi-yue Chiu ... [et al.] -- Academic exagerration : pushing self-enhancement boundaries / Richard H. Gramzow -- Measurement of self-enhancement (and self-protection) / Joachim I. Krueger and Jack C. Wright.