P.S.: ещё небольшая цитата, отсюда (http://acmelab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2011the_selfish_goal.pdf): "Finally, similar to the second debate, our interpersonal perspective on self-deception suggests that the key to understanding whether self-enhancement is a sign of good versus poor mental health is whether people believe their own self-enhancing story. Self-enhancement is useful only to the degree that it is self-deceptive, because only when it is believed by the self will others accept the enhanced self as genuine. If the claims ring hollow or if the claimants appear to be trying unsuccessfully to convince themselves, then this is a sign of failed self-deception and is likely to be an indicator of poor social functioning and poor mental health. This perspective suggests that much of the evidence showing that self-enhancement and other “positive illusions” are a sign of poor mental health comes from studies in which no differentiation is being made between people who are convinced versus unconvinced by their own self-enhancing claims. As noted earlier, people who are high in explicit but low in implicit self-esteem are the most defensive and narcissistic (Jordan et al. 2003), and thus it seems likely that self-enhancement only brings benefits to the degree that it is believed both consciously and unconsciously. For this reason, we would predict that individuals who show convergence in their explicit and implicit measures of self-enhancement will confirm Taylor and Brown’s (1988; 1994) claims that self-enhancement is a sign of good mental health. Nevertheless, there may still be the occasional individual who shows extreme but convergent self-enhancement, and from an evolutionary perspective, this is not likely to be a successful interpersonal strategy and therefore unlikely to be a sign of good mental health. Such individuals may not come across as defensive, but they are likely to appear deluded."
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"Finally, similar to the second debate, our interpersonal perspective on self-deception suggests that the key to understanding whether self-enhancement is a sign of good versus poor mental health is whether people believe their own self-enhancing story. Self-enhancement is useful only to the degree that it is self-deceptive, because only when it is believed by the self will others accept the enhanced self as genuine. If the claims ring hollow or if the claimants appear to be trying unsuccessfully to convince themselves, then this is a sign of failed self-deception and is likely to be an indicator of poor social functioning and poor mental health. This perspective suggests that much of the evidence showing that self-enhancement and other “positive illusions” are a sign of poor mental health comes from studies in which no differentiation is being made between people who are convinced versus unconvinced by their own self-enhancing claims.
As noted earlier, people who are high in explicit but low in implicit self-esteem are the most defensive and narcissistic (Jordan et al. 2003), and thus it seems likely that self-enhancement only brings benefits to the degree that it is believed both consciously and unconsciously. For this reason, we would predict that individuals who show convergence in their explicit and implicit measures of self-enhancement will confirm Taylor and Brown’s (1988; 1994) claims that self-enhancement is a sign of good mental health. Nevertheless, there may still be the occasional individual who shows extreme but convergent self-enhancement, and from an evolutionary perspective, this is not likely to be a successful interpersonal strategy and therefore unlikely to be a sign of good mental health. Such individuals may not come across as defensive, but they are likely to appear deluded."