Individual differences in proneness to pride and proneness to hubris.
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Title
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Individual differences in proneness to pride and proneness to hubris.
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Identifier
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AAI3330497
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identifier
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3330497
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Creator
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Offenstein, Jeremy.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Yochi Cohen-Charash
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Date
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2008
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Industrial | Psychology, Psychometrics
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Abstract
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Two studies were conducted to examine the validity of the inferences made from the scores on two new measures of proneness to pride and proneness to hubris. Proneness to pride is a tendency to experience the emotion of pride, which is characterized by specific appraisals of self-credit and feelings of accomplishment and enhanced capability. In comparison, proneness to hubris is a tendency to experience the emotion of hubris, an emotion characterized by global appraisals of self-credit and feelings of superiority and excessive self-confidence. New measures were developed because of the low reliability of the scores on the one existing measure of proneness to proneness to pride and proneness to hubris (the TOSCA-3, Tangney & Dearing, 2002). The development of adequate measures will facilitate the study of these theoretically and practically important constructs. For the first measure, new items similar to those used in the TOSCA-3 were written. The items for the second measure assessed the frequency with which respondents experienced states associated with pride or hubris. These measures were examined in two studies that made predictions related to inferences of construct validity.;In general, the results of the studies indicate that the psychometric characteristics and the evidence for inferences of construct validity were stronger for the frequency measure than for the scenario measure. First, the evidence for the internal consistency of the scores on the frequency measure was greater than for the scores on the scenario measure. Second, the multi-trait, multi-method analyses indicated that the scores on the scenario measure were more influenced by the measurement method than the scores on the frequency measure. Third, the predicted relationships between affectivity and proneness to pride and hubris were supported for the frequency measure but not for the scenario measure. Fourth, the scores on the frequency measure, but not the scores on the scenario measure, predicted intentions to engage in goal-directed behavior. The theoretical implications of the results are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
