Editing Pride (section)

=== Positive outcomes ===
Pride results from self-directed satisfaction with meeting personal goals; for example, positive performance outcomes elicit pride in a person when the event is appraised as having been caused by that person alone.<ref>Weiner ''et al.''</ref>{{full citation needed|date=September 2023}} 

Pride as a display of the strong self that promotes feelings of similarity to strong others, as well as differentiation from weak others. Seen in this light, pride can be conceptualized as a hierarchy-enhancing emotion, as its experience and display helps rid negotiations of conflict.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Oveis | first1 = C. | last2 = Horberg | first2 = E. J. | last3 = Keltner | first3 = D. | year = 2010 | title = Compassion, pride, and social intuitions of self-other similarity | journal = Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | volume = 98 | issue = 4| pages = 618–630 | doi = 10.1037/a0017628 | pmid=20307133| citeseerx = 10.1.1.307.534 }}</ref>

Pride involves exhilarated [[pleasure]] and a feeling of accomplishment. It is related to "more positive behaviors and outcomes in the area where the individual is proud."<ref>Weiner, 1985</ref>{{full citation needed|date=September 2023}} Pride is associated with positive social behaviors such as helping others and {{clarify|reason=what's that?|text=outward promotion|date=September 2023}}. Along with hope, it is an emotion that facilitates performance attainment, as it can help trigger and sustain focused efforts, helping individuals prepare for upcoming evaluative events. It may also help enhance the quality and flexibility of the effort expended.<ref>Fredrickson, 2001</ref>{{full citation needed|date=September 2023}} Pride can enhance creativity, productivity, and [[altruism]].<ref>Bagozzi ''et al.''</ref>{{full citation needed|date=September 2023}} Researchers have found that among African-American youth, pride is associated with a higher [[GPA]] in less socioeconomically advantaged neighborhoods, whereas in more advantaged neighborhoods, pride is associated with a lower GPA.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Byrd | first1 = C. M. | last2 = Chavous | first2 = T. M. | year = 2009 | title = Racial identity and academic achievement in the neighborhood context: a multilevel analysis | journal = Journal of Youth and Adolescence | volume = 38 | issue = 4| pages = 544–559| doi = 10.1007/s10964-008-9381-9 | pmid = 19636727 | s2cid = 45063561 }}</ref>