Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781609180027)

Mark D. Alicke, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. His main research interests are the psychology of the self--including the role of the self in social judgment, social comparison, and self-enhancement biases--and the psychology of blame and moral judgment. Dr. Alicke has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, as an Associate Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and is currently Editor of Self and Identity. Constantine Sedikides, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Centre for Research on Self and Identity at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. His research focuses on self and identity and their interplay with emotion and motivation, close relationships, and group processes.