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Self-enhancement bias is the tendency to portray oneself in a positive light.
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Multiple scholarly sources and reference texts support the definition of self-enhancement bias as the psychological tendency to view and portray oneself in a positive or favorable light.

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Wikipedia: Social stigma
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Psychology Press: The self in social psychology
1999 · cited by 0
Defines the motive and tendency to view the self in a favorable light.
Profile Books: Confidence : overcoming low self-esteem, insecurity, and self-doubt
2013 · cited by 0
Notes the strong need for people to see themselves in a positive light.
Allyn and Bacon: Self : an eclectic approach
1996 · cited by 0
Refers to self-esteem enhancement motives.
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: Handbook of social comparison : theory and research
2000 · cited by 0
Explicitly defines self-enhancement.
J. Wiley: Social beings : core motives in social psychology
2004 · cited by 0
Describes putting oneself first and viewing oneself in a positive light.
Psychology Press: The self
2007 · cited by 0
Notes that self-enhancement leads to recalling the past in a positive light.
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  1. Wikipedia: Pornographyreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Wikipedia: Social stigmareferencesame source L1supports
  3. Psychology Press: The self in social psychologyreferencesame source L2supports
  4. L. Erlbaum Associates: Impression management in the organizationreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Profile Books: Confidence : overcoming low self-esteem, insecurity, and self-doubtreferencesupports
  6. Allyn and Bacon: Self : an eclectic approachreferencesupports
  7. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: Handbook of social comparison : theory and researchreferencesupports
  8. J. Wiley: Social beings : core motives in social psychologyreferencesupports
  9. Psychology Press: The selfreferencesame source L2supports
  10. Oxford University Press: Self and interpersonal insight : how people gain understanding of themselves and others in organizationsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Wikisource: The Urantia Book/Paper 160referencesame source L9no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Wikisource: Past, Future and the Problem of Communication in the Work of V V Khlebnikovreferencesame source L9no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Wikisource: Human All-Too-Humanreferencesame source L9no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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