The “social cure” literature from the social identity approach, and the self-complexity literature are both concerned with the structure and content of the self, and their relationship to wellbeing. Our work seeks to integrate these two approaches by investigating the exact characteristics of the self-concept that are associated with wellbeing, focusing in particular on self-aspects that are supportive, positive, representative and compatible (“superaspects”). In a pre-registered correlational study (n = 640) we found that the number of collective superaspects was positively associated with affect balance and quality of life (H1a), but the number of non-collective superaspects was positively associated only with affect balance (H1b). We found no evidence that similarity between self-aspects was negatively associated with wellbeing (H2), or that a self-reported measure of positivity was more strongly associated with wellbeing than a calculated measure (H3). These findings suggest potential avenues for an integrated measurement of the self-concept and its association with wellbeing.

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自我方面的结构、内容和相互关系：整合社会认同和自我复杂性传统的发现

来自社会认同的“社会治愈”文学和自我复杂性文学都关注自我的结构和内容，以及它们与幸福的关系。我们的工作旨在通过调查与幸福相关的自我概念的确切特征来整合这两种方法，特别关注支持性、积极性、代表性和兼容的自我方面（“超方面”）。在预先注册的相关研究中（n = 640）我们发现集体超方面的数量与情感平衡和生活质量（H1a）呈正相关，但非集体超方面的数量仅与情感平衡（H1b）呈正相关。我们没有发现证据表明自我方面之间的相似性与幸福感（H2）呈负相关，或者自我报告的积极性度量与幸福感的相关性比计算的度量（H3）更强烈。这些发现为综合测量自我概念及其与幸福感的关系提供了潜在途径。