Culture and Positive Illusions in Close Relationships: How My Relationships Are Better than Yours

By Y. Endo, Steven J. Heine, D. Lehman. 2000

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Language and the Bicultural Self (2002, background): “Past research suggests that East Asians may be either less favorable about this aspect of themselves (Heine & Lehman, 1997) or as selfenhancing as North Americans (Endo et al., 2000; Kurman, 2001).”
Self-enhancement in Japan and America (2002, background): “More recently, these authors have softened their stance, concluding that self-enhancement biases are simply less evident in Eastern cultures than in Western cultures (Heine et al., 1999; Endo et al., 2000; Heine & Renshaw, 2002).”
Why do people need self-esteem? A theoretical and empirical review. (2004, background): “In contrast to what sociometer theory would seem to predict, Endo, Heine, and Lehman (2000) found in two studies using European Canadian, Asian Canadian, and Japanese samples that the positivity of people’s perceptions of their significant relationships (e.g., romantic, family, and best friend)…”
The attraction-similarity hypothesis among cross-sex friends: Relationship satisfaction, perceived similarities, and self-serving perceptions (2007, background): “Finally, individuals rated the self (‘I am very considerate’) and friend (‘My friend is very considerate’) on five traits relevant to relationships: Considerate, interesting, supportive, trustworthy, and understanding (Crawford, 1977; Endo et al., 2000; Sapadin, 1988).”
Relationship satisfaction as a predictor of similarity ratings: A test of the attraction-similarity hypothesis (2005, methodology): “Five traits that are relevant to relationships were included in this study: considerate, interesting, supportive, trustworthy, understanding (e.g., Endo et al., 2000; Sapadin, 1988).”