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Self-evaluation Motives

Self-Evaluation Motives is a psychological construct within the domain of self-improvement motives that refers to the intrinsic drives prompting individuals to assess their own abilities, beliefs, or performance in order to obtain accurate self-related feedback and reduce uncertainty about the self.

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895

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2017–2026

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Publications

430

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions

Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Contemporary Educational Psychology · 2000 · 18.2K citations

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Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions

Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Contemporary Educational Psychology · 2020 · 5.2K citations

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Self-serving biases in the attribution of causality: Fact or fiction?

Dale T. Miller, Michael G. Ross · Psychological Bulletin · 1975 · 2.6K citations

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The Approval Motive: Studies in Evaluative Dependence

Allen L. Edwards, Douglas P. Crowne, David Marlowe · The American Journal of Psychology · 1965 · 2K citations

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How do self-attributed and implicit motives differ?

David C. McClelland, Richard Koestner, Joel Weinberger · Psychological Review · 1989 · 1.7K citations

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Authors

895

  1. CS
    Constantine Sedikides

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

    12

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  2. OC
    Oliver C. Schultheiss

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    6 publications · 569 citations

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  3. WB
    William B. Swann

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    6 publications · 949 citations

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  4. HA
    Heidi A. Wayment

    Northern Arizona University, United States

    5 publications · 506 citations

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  5. SJ
    Steven J. Heine

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    5 publications · 436 citations

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1–5 of 895

Institutions

416

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    721 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    3.8K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    786 citations

  8. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    55 publications · 7.8K citations

    39

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 40 publications · 5.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Personality

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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  4. Journal of Applied Psychology

    9 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

    JCCP · 8 publications · 554 citations

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