Self-enhancing bias in personality, subjective happiness, and perception of life-events: a replication in a Korean aged sample.
Interrelations among self-enhancing bias in personality, subjective happiness, and perception of life-events have been examined. Elderly people with higher subjective happiness, compared to those with lower happiness, were predicted to have higher self-enhancing bias in personality, and perceive negative life-events less negatively. One hundred and forty elderly Korean citizens were assessed as to their tendency to self-enhance and to perceive positive and negative life-events. A correlation of 0.26 was found between subjective happiness and self-enhancing bias. Contrary to our prediction, those with higher subjective happiness perceived positive life-events more positively than those with lower subjective happiness, whereas there was no difference between the two groups in the perception of negative life-events.
Lee
J Y
JY
University of Incheon, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. becoming@incheon.ac.kr
Im
G S
GS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000523:psychology*; D007723:Korea; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires