Dispositional need for cognitive closure and self-enhancing beliefs

In 3 studies, the author examined self-enhancing beliefs as a function of d ispositional need for cognitive closure. The results of the Ist study revea led that fathers in the Netherlands believed that they devoted more time to their children than did average Dutch fathers; these beliefs were stronges t for participants with a high need for closure. Results of Studies 2 and 3 replicated the findings in Study 1 in a controlled experimental context wi th approaches developed by S. T. Allison, D. M. Messick, and G. R. Goethals (1989) and by D. M. Messick, S. Bloom, J. P. Boldizar, and C. D. Samuelson (1985).