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Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average
In 5 studies (total N = 1357) conducted online using Amazon's MTurk the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and the better-than-average effect (BTAE) was tested. Across the studies subjective measures of SES were positively correlated with magnitude of BTAE. Effects of objective mea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4411992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00496 |
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description | In 5 studies (total N = 1357) conducted online using Amazon's MTurk the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and the better-than-average effect (BTAE) was tested. Across the studies subjective measures of SES were positively correlated with magnitude of BTAE. Effects of objective measures (income and education) were weaker and less consistent. Measures of childhood SES (both objective and subjective) were positively correlated with BTAE magnitude, though less strongly and less consistently than measures of current subjective SES. Meta-analysis revealed all measures of chronic SES (with the exception of education) were significantly correlated with BTAE. However, manipulations of SES in terms of subjective status (Study 2), power (Study 3), and dominance (Study 4) did not have strong effects on BTAE magnitude (d's ranging from −0.04 to −0.14). Taken together the results suggest that chronic, but not temporary, status may be linked with a stronger tendency to overestimate one's abilities and positive traits. |
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spelling | pubmed-44119922015-05-13 Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average Varnum, Michael E. W. Front Psychol Psychology In 5 studies (total N = 1357) conducted online using Amazon's MTurk the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and the better-than-average effect (BTAE) was tested. Across the studies subjective measures of SES were positively correlated with magnitude of BTAE. Effects of objective measures (income and education) were weaker and less consistent. Measures of childhood SES (both objective and subjective) were positively correlated with BTAE magnitude, though less strongly and less consistently than measures of current subjective SES. Meta-analysis revealed all measures of chronic SES (with the exception of education) were significantly correlated with BTAE. However, manipulations of SES in terms of subjective status (Study 2), power (Study 3), and dominance (Study 4) did not have strong effects on BTAE magnitude (d's ranging from −0.04 to −0.14). Taken together the results suggest that chronic, but not temporary, status may be linked with a stronger tendency to overestimate one's abilities and positive traits. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4411992/ /pubmed/25972824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00496 Text en Copyright © 2015 Varnum. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Varnum, Michael E. W. Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average |
title | Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average |
title_full | Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average |
title_fullStr | Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average |
title_full_unstemmed | Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average |
title_short | Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average |
title_sort | higher in status, (even) better-than-average |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4411992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00496 |
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