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 |