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Agentic Self-enhancement

Agentic Self-Enhancement is a motivational orientation within the broader class of self-enhancement motives that is specifically characterized by the pursuit of personal goals, efficacy, and autonomous agency to assert one’s competence and achieve individual success.

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80

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48

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2017–2026

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Publications

25

An agentic perspective on positive psychology.

Albert Bandura · 2008 · 246 citations

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Self-Enhancement: Is it Restricted to Individualistic Cultures?

Jenny Kurman · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2001 · 180 citations

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Are Narcissists Sexy? Zeroing in on the Effect of Narcissism on Short-Term Mate Appeal

Michael Dufner, John F. Rauthmann, Anna Z. Czarna et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2013 · 156 citations · Full text

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Promoting an agentic orientation: An intervention in university psychology and physical science courses.

Erika A. Patall, Jeanette Zambrano, Alana A. U. Kennedy et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2021 · 104 citations

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Agentic narcissism, communal narcissism, and prosociality.

Andreas D. Nehrlich, Jochen E. Gebauer, Constantine Sedikides et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2019 · 101 citations

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Authors

80

  1. CS
    Constantine Sedikides

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 146 citations

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  2. GA
    Guido Alessandri

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  3. MD
    Michael Dufner

    Leipzig University, Germany

    2 publications · 179 citations

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  4. MV
    Michele Vecchione

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. AK
    Andrea Kähr

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

48

  1. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    146 citations

  2. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    98 citations

  3. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    152 citations

  5. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  6. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  7. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

    Mexico City, Mexico

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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Venues

  1. Social Psychological and Personality Science

    SPPS · 2 publications · 37 citations

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 133 citations

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  3. Self and Identity

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  4. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 2 publications · 336 citations

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  5. Bioethics

    1 publications · 34 citations

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