Self-praise category

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Direct self-praise strategies

173

14.81

Indirect self-praise strategies

995

85.18

Transfer of the praise focus

347

29.70

Description of hard-work

309

26.46

Praise from a third party

286

24.47

Comparison between previous and present

35

3.00

Comparison between oneself and others

18

1.54

Total

1168

100