We ask if and when religious individuals self-enhance more than non-believers. First, religious individuals self-enhance on domains central to their self-concept. Specifically, they exhibit the Better-Than-Average Effect: They rate themselves as superior on attributes painting them as good Christians (e.g. traits like 'loving' or 'forgiving,' Biblical commandments) than on control attributes. Likewise, they exhibit the Overclaiming Effect: They assert superior, but false, knowledge on domains highly relevant to religiosity (e.g. international health charities, humanitarian aid organizations) than on control domains. Second, religious individuals self-enhance strongly in religious (than secular) cultures, which elevate religion to a social value. Finally, Christians may self-enhance in general, perhaps due to their conviction that they have a special relationship with God.

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宗教人士会自我增强吗？

我们询问宗教人士是否以及何时比非宗教人士更自我增强。首先，宗教人士在其自我概念的核心领域自我增强。具体而言，它们表现出优于平均的效果：在将自己描绘成优秀的基督徒的属性（例如，“爱”或“宽恕”，《圣经》诫命等特质）上，他们的自我评价比对控制属性的评价高。同样，它们表现出“夸大其名”的作用：他们主张与宗教高度相关的领域（例如国际卫生慈善机构，人道主义援助组织）比控制领域具有更高的权威，但是虚假的。第二，宗教个体在宗教（而非世俗）文化中具有强烈的自我增强能力，这将宗教提升为一种社会价值。最后，基督徒通常可以自我增强，