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compensatory self-enhancement

a strategy for maintaining self-esteem or public image in which a person responds to poor performance or feedback in one sphere by focusing on or emphasizing his or her positive traits in an unrelated sphere. This emphasis on the positive is intended to offset the unwelcome implications of the bad feedback.

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May 10th 2024

BARS

BARS

acronym for behaviorally anchored rating scale.