The Effect of Comparative Direction and Comparative Gap on Self-Deception

doi:10.2147/PRBM.S467437

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	The Effect of Comparative Direction and Comparative Gap on Self-Deception
	Yang, Ying 1,2; Zhong, Bowei 3,4; Zhang, Wenjie 2,5; Fan, Wei 1,2,6
通讯作者	Fan, Wei(fanwei@hunnu.edu.cn)
摘要	Purpose: Self-deception refers to an individual holding inflated beliefs about their abilities, plays a crucial role in human behavior and decision-making. Individuals may inflate their abilities when subject to comparisons with others. This study examined the impact of social comparison on self-deception through the implementation of two behavioral experiments. Methods: In Experiment 1, we recruited a sample of 152 undergraduate students. Participants were falsely informed that they performed better (downward comparison) and worse (upward comparison) than average on a game. Subsequently, their level of selfdeception was assessed by asking them to predict their performance in a future game, with more inflated predictions indicating greater self-deception. In Experiment 2, we gathered 126 undergraduate students to broaden the current study. This experiment examined the combined effects of comparison direction and comparison gap on self-deceptive behavior. Results: The findings showed that self-deception was more common in circumstances of upward comparison than in downward comparison or no comparison (Experiment 1). Furthermore, Individuals were more inclined to participate in self-deception when encountering a notable performance gap relative to others, particularly in scenarios involving upward social comparison Conclusion: The findings suggested that when confronted with threatening social comparative information, people tended to use selfdeception to protect themselves. Members of the large gap group experienced strong feelings of unfairness and negative emotions, which led to self-protective behaviors and a greater likelihood of self-deception.
关键词	comparative direction comparative gap self-deception self-protection social comparison threat
	2024
语种	英语
DOI	10.2147/PRBM.S467437
发表期刊	PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
ISSN	1179-1578
卷号	17 页码:2819-2834
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[32371126] ; Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province[2022JJ30378] ; Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province[CX20230487]
出版者	DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
WOS关键词	INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES ; SOCIAL COMPARISONS ; IMPACT ; THREAT ; ASSIMILATION ; CONTRAST ; TESTS ; ME
WOS研究方向	Psychology ; Psychiatry
WOS类目	Psychology, Clinical ; Psychiatry ; Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001279612700001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province ; Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/49261
通讯作者	Fan, Wei
作者单位	1.Hunan Normal Univ, Sch Educ Sci, Dept Psychol, 36 Lu Shan Rd, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China 2.Hunan Normal Univ, Hunan Key Lab Cognit & Human Behav, Changsha, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Hunan Normal Univ, Sch Educ Sci, Dept Presch Educ, Changsha, Peoples R China 6.Hunan Normal Univ, Inst Interdisciplinary Studies, Changsha, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Ying,Zhong, Bowei,Zhang, Wenjie,et al. The Effect of Comparative Direction and Comparative Gap on Self-Deception[J]. PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT,2024,17:2819-2834.
APA	Yang, Ying,Zhong, Bowei,Zhang, Wenjie,&Fan, Wei.(2024).The Effect of Comparative Direction and Comparative Gap on Self-Deception.PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT,17,2819-2834.
MLA	Yang, Ying,et al."The Effect of Comparative Direction and Comparative Gap on Self-Deception".PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT 17(2024):2819-2834.