Abstract

Social-cognitive psychology assumes that personal and social identity are complex and dynamic in nature. According to motivated identity construction theory (MICT), people shape their identity to satisfy basic motivations for distinctiveness, continuity, self-esteem, belonging, efficacy and meaning. The level of motives satisfaction fluctuates and may change according to circumstances. Our experiment (N = 85) examined whether affirmation of one’s most important values increases satisfaction of identity motives. The results showed that self-affirmation strengthened the motivational basis of identity in two domains: meaning and efficacy. The interaction between self-affirmation and self-concept clarity did not predict motive satisfaction, but self-concept clarity predicted motive satisfaction independently of affirmation level.

摘要

社会认知心理学假设个人和社会身份本质上是复杂和动态的。根据动机身份建构理论（MICT），人们塑造自己的身份以满足独特性、连续性、自尊、归属感、功效和意义的基本动机。动机满足的水平是波动的，可能会根据情况而变化。我们的实验（N = 85）检查了对一个人最重要价值观的肯定是否会增加对身份动机的满意度。结果表明，自我肯定在两个领域加强了身份认同的动机基础：意义和功效。自我肯定和自我概念清晰性之间的交互作用并不能预测动机满意度，但自我概念清晰性独立于肯定水平预测动机满意度。