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SUBMITTER: Moeller SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2717041 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moeller Scott J SJ Crocker Jennifer J Bushman Brad J BJ
Journal of experimental social psychology 20090201 2
People who feel entitled to admiration and respect from others do not make good companions. This research shows one reason why. Entitled people adopt self-image goals (goals that aim to construct and defend a positive self-image), which then lead to interpersonal conflict and hostility. Studies 1A and 1B documented a unique relation between entitlement and self-image goals. Study 2 extended these results by showing, via a longitudinal design, that entitlement prospectively predicts chronic self- ...[more]