@article{oai:bunkyo.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003102,
 author = {Brown, R. A.},
 journal = {情報研究, Information and Communication Studies},
 month = {2007-01-01, 2010-01-27},
 note = {A sample of 236 Japanese college students evaluated themselves, two in-groups, and two outgroups,on five positive and five negative traits. They also completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scaleand two subscales of the Luhtanen & Crocker Collective Self-Esteem Scale. The results revealed thatthe personal and collective self-esteem of Japanese college students is unaffected by perceptions of interpersonal or inter-group superiority or inferiority. It is therefore inferred that personal or group enhancement is not universally associated with personal or collective self-esteem. Individuals can maintain self-esteem without derogating out-groups or holding illusory "better than average" beliefs. Results also indicated that participants' interpersonal assessments varied depending on the specificity of the in-group serving as the comparison target (participants assessed themselves more positively than Japanese students in general, but less positively than their classmates in particular).},
 pages = {1--16},
 title = {The Influence of Personal and Collective Self-Esteem on the Interpersonal and Inter-group Evaluations of Japanese University Students},
 volume = {36},
 year = {}
}