This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The Kansas City Star, a paper best known to many Americans for ...

Leaders can employ self-deprecation as a leadership tool. The dictionary defines self-deprecation as modesty about or criticism of oneself. n a previous Psychology Today post (2022), we viewed humor ...

Not everyone has high career ambitions, but if you are reading this, you've probably at least given it some consideration. The pursuit of career advancement stems from our personality and is ...

Self-deprecation can lower your credibility and your self-esteem, but when used correctly, it is an underappreciated tool. When giving talks, self-deprecation can be used to diffuse antipathy, express ...

Self-deprecation, a negative self-assessment used in social interaction, is prevalent in Korean reality TV shows. Traditionally, psychology views self-deprecation as indicative of low self-esteem or ...