{"pk":65136,"title":"The Divergences of Positive Illusions: Face and Dignity Cultures","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Throughout centuries the topic of self-understanding has been attributed with great psychological importance, even tracing back to the ancient Greeks. Despite traditional support for accurate self-perception, Taylor and Brown published a radical study in 1988 attesting that those who maintained positive illusions about themselves experienced higher levels of psychological well-being. This controversial paper was put to the test not long after by other psychologists who criticized the ambiguity of Taylor and Brown’s methodology, and through a more polished testing found the exact opposite: higher levels of psychological disadvantage were exhibited by subjects who self-enhanced. The purpose of this review is to examine this elusive concept of positive illusions in a cross-cultural context, including the face cultures of the East and dignity cultures of the West. Furthermore, I will address a recent study accounting for the literature’s inconsistencies on positive illusions and conclude with direction for future research.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"divergences"},{"word":"positive illusions"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/63p0g8cn","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Julie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kim","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2013-12-20T10:00:45+01:00","date_accepted":"2013-12-20T10:00:45+01:00","date_published":"2013-12-20T09:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucm_mwp_ucmurj/article/65136/galley/49904/download/"}]}