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Hypo-Egoic Nonentitlement as a Feature of Humility.

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Banker, CC; Leary, MR
Published in: Personality & social psychology bulletin
May 2020

Two studies tested the hypothesis that humility is characterized by the belief that, no matter how extraordinary one's accomplishments or characteristics may be, one is not entitled to be treated special because of them (hypo-egoic nonentitlement). Participants identified either one (Study 1) or five (Study 2) positive accomplishments or characteristics, rated those accomplishments/characteristics, indicated how they believed they should be treated because of them, and completed measures of humility and related constructs. As predicted, humility was inversely associated with the belief that other people should treat one special because of one's accomplishments and positive characteristics. However, humility was not related to participants' ratings of the positivity of their accomplishments or characteristics or of themselves. Ancillary analyses examined the relationships between hypo-egoic nonentitlement, humility, and measures of self-esteem, narcissism, self- and other-interest, psychological entitlement, individualism-collectivism, and identification with humanity.

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Personality & social psychology bulletin

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EISSN

1552-7433

ISSN

0146-1672

Publication Date

May 2020

Volume

46

Issue

5

Start / End Page

738 / 753

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Psychology
  • Self Concept
  • Narcissism
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Aged
  • Adult
 

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Banker, C. C., & Leary, M. R. (2020). Hypo-Egoic Nonentitlement as a Feature of Humility. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(5), 738–753. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219875144
Banker, Chloe C., and Mark R. Leary. “Hypo-Egoic Nonentitlement as a Feature of Humility.Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin 46, no. 5 (May 2020): 738–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219875144.
Banker CC, Leary MR. Hypo-Egoic Nonentitlement as a Feature of Humility. Personality & social psychology bulletin. 2020 May;46(5):738–53.
Banker, Chloe C., and Mark R. Leary. “Hypo-Egoic Nonentitlement as a Feature of Humility.Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 5, May 2020, pp. 738–53. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0146167219875144.
Banker CC, Leary MR. Hypo-Egoic Nonentitlement as a Feature of Humility. Personality & social psychology bulletin. 2020 May;46(5):738–753.
Journal cover image

Published In

Personality & social psychology bulletin

DOI

EISSN

1552-7433

ISSN

0146-1672

Publication Date

May 2020

Volume

46

Issue

5

Start / End Page

738 / 753

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Psychology
  • Self Concept
  • Narcissism
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Aged
  • Adult