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Sun W. Park
Graduate Student
Department of Psychology, 125-NI
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115 USA
(617) 373-3079 (office)
(617) 373-8714 (fax)
park.sunw@husky.neu.edu

Advisor: Randy Colvin

Research

I am a graduate student working toward my Ph.D. in Personality and Social Psychology with Professor Randy Colvin. My research mainly focuses on the relation between self-motivation (self-enhancement vs. self-improvement) and self-perception (positive illusion vs. accurate self-knowledge), and how they are related to well-being (subjective well-being vs. psychological well-being). I will be testing the hypothesis that people who actively pursue self-improvement over self-enhancement have higher levels of accurate self-knowledge and psychological well-being. In addition, I am very interested in the concept of responsibility and its implications for mental health.

For more information on my research, please click on the link to my website.

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/sunwoongpark/