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Dissecting Whiteness: consistencies and differences in the stereotypes of lower- and upper-class White US Americans Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Thekla Morgenroth, Christopher T. Begeny, Teri A. Kirby, Benjamin Paaßen, Yanzhe Zeng
Economic inequality is increasing in the United States, making categorization and stereotyping based on social class more likely. Yet, social class stereotypes have received relatively little atten...
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Perceiving persons and their purposes: teleology, normativity, and personal identity Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Andrew G. Christy, Rebecca J. Schlegel
Multiple investigations find a close association between morality and identity: morally-relevant traits are perceived as more definitive of personal identity than nonmoral traits. Three studies tes...
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How narcissism relates to upward-status disagreement in virtual project design teams Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Tianyue Xu, Alex J. Benson
Despite people’s adeptness at discerning group members’ status, disagreements over who ranks higher (i.e., upward-status disagreement; USD) are frequent. In this study, we evaluated how different d...
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I’ll take the high road: Paths to goal pursuit and identity-based interpretations of difficulty Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Gülnaz Kiper, Daphna Oyserman, Veronica X. Yan
When imagining their futures, people can prioritize getting there the easy way, prefer more demanding paths, or be indifferent to means and focus only on making progress. Identity-based motivation ...
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The role of spirituality in identity after trauma: a scoping review of quantitative and qualitative evidence Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Thi Nguyen, Sandra Reeder, Rose Knol, Prudence Butler, Anna Devlin, Melita Giummarra
This scoping review explored the relationship between spirituality and identity after trauma. Studies must have explored an aspect of spirituality and identity (e.g., personal, role, group). Trauma...
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Ruling out potential dating partners: the role of self-concept clarity in initial romantic partner evaluations Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Dita Kubin, Jens Kreitewolf, John E. Lydon
Because self-confusion may interfere with similarity judgments, we tested whether people who are lower, compared to higher, in self-concept clarity use similarity information less advantageously wh...
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The relations between health behaviors and self-concept clarity: An experience-sampling study Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 William D. Ellison, Margaret I. Lupo, Amber Adickes, Mona Mirpour
Although health-related behaviors such as sleep, physical activity, and mindful relaxation relate to self-concept, the links between these behaviors and self-concept clarity (SCC) have not been exp...
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Professional and religious identity conflict: individual and organizational dynamics in ethically-charged circumstances Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Lara Carminati, YingFei Gao Héliot
In this article, we investigated individual-level mechanisms and organizational-level conditions to explain the emergence and unfolding of professionals’ identity conflict in ethically-charged situ...
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Why is authenticity associated with being and acting extraverted? Exploring the mediating role of positive affect Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Joshua A. Wilt, Jessie Sun, Rowan Jacques-Hamilton, Luke D. Smillie
ABSTRACT Extraversion is linked to higher levels of authenticity. Why? Across four studies, we examined positive affect as a potential mediator. In Study 1 (N = 205), we tested our mediation model at the trait level. Then, focusing on the within-person state level: Study 2 (N = 97) involved a 10-week lab-based experience sampling protocol; Study 3 (N = 147) involved a preregistered week-long daily-life
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Treat yourself: both positive and negative affect can provide justifications for self-regulatory indulgence Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 William M. Schiavone, Michelle R. vanDellen, Abigail C. Knight, Caleigh A. Cullinan
ABSTRACT Temptations are ubiquitous in daily life. In the present studies, we examined reflective justifications for indulging in these temptations. In Study 1, people reported deserving pleasurable activities (at the expense of goal pursuits) after imagining positive events for which they were responsible or negative events for which they were not responsible. In Study 2, participants reported more
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Knowing who I am depends on who I’ve become: Linking self-concept clarity and temporal self-comparison Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Samantha Zaw, Matthew Baldwin
ABSTRACT The current research examined how temporal self-comparisons influence self-concept clarity. In Studies 1 and 2, we updated and validated self-report and indirect measures of state self-concept clarity, including specific components identified in prior research. In both studies, participants’ confidence in their self-judgments, as well as the consistency of those judgments, were associated
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“Who am I?”, diminished sense of self in Korsakoff’s syndrome Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Mohamad El Haj, Ahmed A. Moustafa
Little is known about how patients with Korsakoff’s syndrome (KS) experience sense of self. We addressed this issue by inviting patients with KS and control participants to produce statements descr...
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Group identification and perceived self-group similarity: differentiating projection from introjection Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Kenneth D. Locke
ABSTRACT Two studies demonstrate a technique that can clarify to what degree individual differences in perceived self-ingroup similarity reflect differences in projecting the self onto the group (self-anchoring) and/or introjecting the group onto the self (self-stereotyping). In preregistered Study 1 undergraduates described their values and those of fellow students. In Study 2 (a reanalysis of Denning
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From nostalgia, through communion, to psychological benefits: the moderating role of narcissism Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Olga Bialobrzeska, Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides
ABSTRACT Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for one’s past, is a social, self-relevant, and ambivalent (albeit predominantly positive) emotion. It fosters tenderness, social connectedness, life meaning, self-continuity, self-esteem, optimism, and inspiration. In two experiments, we manipulated nostalgia and examined mechanisms underlying its psychological benefits. Two communal mechanisms emerged consistently:
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“I am (oppressed), therefore I see”: Multiple stigmatized identities predict belief in generalized prejudice and intraminority coalition Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Minh Duc Pham, Kimberly E. Chaney, Diana T. Sanchez
ABSTRACT Integrating lay theory of generalized prejudice (LTGP) and intersectionality frameworks, the present research demonstrated that, across four samples (N = 7,121), people with a greater number of stigmatized identities (based on race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation) endorsed LTGP more strongly, perceived greater similarities across marginalized groups, and ultimately indicated stronger
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“That’s a great question!” instructors’ positive responses to students’ questions improve STEM-related outcomes Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-05-07 Lora E. Park, Cassie O’Brien, Alessia Italiano, Deborah E. Ward, Zaviera Panlilio
ABSTRACT How instructors respond to students’ questions may serve as an important cue that shapes students’ self-perceptions and motivation. Across five studies, when participants imagined asking questions in a STEM context and receiving a positive (vs. neutral or negative) response from instructors, they felt greater self-efficacy and belonging, which predicted greater intentions to join the lab and
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Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Vivian L. Vignoles, Michael Harris Bond, Mladen Adamovic, Charity S. Akotia, Isabelle Albert, Lily Appoh, Arno Baltin, Pablo Eduardo Barrientos, Patrick Denoux, Alejandra Domínguez-Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Márta Fülöp, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir, Alin Gavreliuc, Diana Hanke-Boer, Brian W. Haas, David O. Igbokwe, İ̇dil Işık, Natalia Kascakova, Lucie
ABSTRACT We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality, and religious heritage. The results showed that Self-reliance (vs. dependence on others) predicted PLS positively in poorer countries but negatively in
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Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ayse K. Uskul, Rosa Rodríguez-Bailón, Guillermo B. Willis, Vivian L. Vignoles, Kuba Krys, Mladen Adamovic, Charity S. Akotia, Isabelle Albert, Lily Appoh, Arno Baltin, Pablo Eduardo Barrientos, Michael Harris Bond, Patrick Denoux, Alejandra Domínguez-Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Márta Fülöp, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir, Alin Gavreliuc, Diana Hanke-Boer,
ABSTRACT Past research has shown that economic inequality shapes individuals’ self-construals. However, it has been unclear which dimensions of self-construal are associated with and affected by economic inequality. A correlational (Study 1: N = 264) and an experimental study (Study 2: N = 532) provided converging evidence linking perceived economic inequality with two forms of independent (vs. interdependent)
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Identity development across the transition from primary to secondary school: The role of personality and the social context Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Elisabeth L. De Moor, Jolien Van der Graaff, Susan Branje
ABSTRACT The secondary school transition may be important for identity change. We investigated identity change and subgroups therein, and whether personal and environmental factors explain subgroup membership. Data was used from four timepoints across the last year of primary and first year of secondary school from 241 adolescents (Mage = 11.6, range 10.5–12.8). Identity change was generally in the
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Global and body-related self-conscious emotions: exploring associations to positive and negative mental health Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Amy E. Nesbitt, Eva Pila, Peter R. E. Crocker, Catherine M. Sabiston
ABSTRACT This study examined the relative relationships between global and body-related self-conscious emotions to indices of positive and negative mental health. North American adults (N = 520) completed an online questionnaire to assess global and body-related shame, guilt and pride, and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, eating pathology, self-esteem, flourishing). Data were analyzed
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Life projects, motivational and volitional features, and field of possibilities: A theoretical model Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Vinicius Coscioni, Marco Antônio Pereira Teixeira, Luciana Cassarino-Perez, Maria Paula Paixão
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to outline a model on the associations between life project (LP), motivational and volitional features, and the field of possibilities. It consists of a qualitative study carried out via interviews with 26 Brazilian citizens and the interviews were assessed through thematic analysis. From an ideographic perspective, the findings suggest social inequalities and
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Dark triad traits are associated with a weaker morally-good true self bias in self-perceptions Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Joseph Maffly-Kipp, Tiffany N. Truong, John F. Edens, Matthew Vess
ABSTRACT We examined whether Dark Triad (DT) traits moderate people’s tendency to associate moral traits with their true self. We hypothesized that people high in DT traits would show a weaker tendency to view moral (vs. immoral) characteristics as central to their identity. Undergraduate participants (N = 345) rated the perceived identity centrality of positive/negative traits in domains of morality/competence
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Gender stereotypes, intellectual performance, and stereotype validation: The role of lay theories of intelligence Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Kelsey C. Thiem, Jason K. Clark
ABSTRACT A growing literature on stereotype validation suggests that negative, self-relevant stereotypes activated after poor task performance may lead stigmatized individuals to feel more certain they performed poorly. The present research examined a potential moderator of these effects: lay theories of intelligence. In two studies, gender stereotype accessibility was manipulated after participants
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Impressions of self-esteem influence impressions of close others and predictions for hypothetical events Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Jessica J. Cameron, Kenny Chee, Jennifer C. D. MacGregor
ABSTRACT Individuals with low self-esteem (LSE) may be devalued, whereas individuals with high self-esteem (HSE) are typically praised in Western society. People readily infer traits based on impressions of self-esteem. Across two studies, we address whether impressions of a hypothetical target person’s self-esteem influence judgments beyond the target’s personality. Results revealed that the target’s
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Life Span Development of Self-Continuity in late Adulthood: The Impact of Chronological Age, Loss of Partner and Aversive Childhood Events Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Charikleia Lampraki, Dario Spini, Daniela S. Jopp
ABSTRACT Self-continuity is a central process of identity that connects one’s past and present. Research is limited regarding the life-course determinants of self-continuity and its development in later life. We used multilevel hierarchical models to investigate how the occurrence of life-course adversity (e.g., childhood adversity or partner loss) and the accumulation of resources shapes the perception
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What Good is Organizational Nostalgia in the Time of Pandemic? Unpacking a Pathway from COVID-Related Stress to Authenticity at Work Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Xi Zou, Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut
ABSTRACT We propose that COVID-related stress undermines felt authenticity, but also triggers nostalgia. In turn, nostalgia conduces to felt authenticity, thereby counteracting the deleterious impact of COVID-related stress. We tested this regulatory model of nostalgia in two studies. Study 1 was an online cross-sectional study during the pandemic, in which we assessed COVID-related stress, nostalgia
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Trait self-control and beliefs about the utility of emotions and emotion regulation in self-control performance Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Michelle Tornquist, Eleanor Miles
ABSTRACT Three studies (N = 555) examined whether emotion regulation and emotions help people higher in trait self-control (TSC) to achieve their goals. Because emotion utility beliefs predict emotion regulation and performance, Study 1a examined whether TSC predicts emotion utility beliefs in two performance contexts, and Study 1b examined whether these beliefs predict preferences to regulate emotions
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Radicalized Identity Styles: Investigating Sociocultural Challenges, Identity Styles, and Extremism Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Simon Ozer, Milan Obaidi, Seth J. Schwartz
ABSTRACT Research has identified sociocultural challenges (life attachment) to be a primary motivator for radicalization. While individual differences may provide information about who might be at risk for radicalization, little is known about how different identity processing styles are linked with radicalization. In two studies (N = 975), we examined how identity styles can moderate the association
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Rejection sensitivity and sexual minority men’s social anxiety disorder: The moderating role of sexual identity strength Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Anthony J. Maiolatesi, Katie Wang, Charles L. Burton, Audrey Harkness, Denise A. Esserman, Steven A. Safren, John E. Pachankis
ABSTRACT Although gay-related rejection sensitivity (RS) is associated with social anxiety among sexual minority men, little is known about the incremental validity of gay-related RS scores and about moderators of the association between gay-related RS and social anxiety. Study 1 (N = 114) showed that gay-related RS added to the prediction of social anxiety symptoms over and beyond personal RS. Study
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Self-compassion and negative outgroup attitudes: The mediating role of compassion for others Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-09-04 H. Annie Vu, Luis M. Rivera
ABSTRACT Self-compassion, rooted in common humanity, self-kindness, and mindfulness, is an adaptive self-concept that assuages defensiveness to self-image threats. We hypothesized that self-compassion would buffer the need to express negative intergroup attitudes and that this relation would be explained by compassion for others. In a preregistered study, participants (N = 163) with stronger self-compassion
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CORRECTION NOTICE Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-09-01
Published in Self and Identity (Vol. 21, No. 5, 2022)
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Making America great for whom?: How Trump’s Presidency affected fit and national identity among targets of bias Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Katharina Block, Audrey Aday, William M. Hall, Toni Schmader
ABSTRACT Can a politician cue national identity and fit? Given that Trump’s rhetoric often signaled the devaluation of certain groups, we examined this across three pre-registered studies . In Study1 (2017), targets of Trump’s rhetoric reported less social fit, greater social identity threat, and expected increased discrimination . In Study2 (2017), marginalized targets reported less fit and American
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Self-compassion and social stress: Links with subjective stress and cortisol responses Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-08-29 Sarah Ketay, Lindsey A. Beck, Juli Dajci
ABSTRACT The present study investigated links between self-compassion and responses to social stress. Participants (N = 102) were randomly assigned to a self-compassion training or a comparison condition and engaged in the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G). Measures of trait self-compassion, subjective perceptions of stress, and salivary cortisol were collected. Participants with higher
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Bored and better: Interpersonal boredom results in people feeling not only superior to the boring individual, but also to others Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Jonathan Gallegos, Karen Gasper, Nathaniel E. C. Schermerhorn
ABSTRACT Four experiments tested the hypothesis that meeting someone new who is boring would result in people feeling superior to the boring individual, which would then result in people viewing themselves as better than others and increased confidence. Respondents reported greater feelings of superiority, meaninglessness, and difficulty paying attention when they wrote about meeting a new, boring
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Going for broke: Self-compassion, risky decision-making, and differences in problem gambling severity among undergraduates Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Daniel S. Bailis, Alanna N. Single, Nicolas J. J. R. Brais, Benjamin J. I. Schellenberg
ABSTRACT Although self-compassion is adaptive in coping with past mistakes, few studies have examined its relationship to future risks. In gambling, self-compassion toward possible losses could lead to greater or lesser risk-taking, and the direction of this relationship could depend on the presence of problem gambling. Across 3 laboratory studies, using multi-level modeling, this research tested how
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The defeated self: Evidence that entrapment moderates first name priming effects on failure-thought accessibility Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Jean Monéger, Armand Chatard, Leila Selimbegović
ABSTRACT Self-focus has been shown to induce negative thoughts and affects. We hypothesized that individual differences in sense of entrapment moderate the effects of self-focus on failure- and escape-thought accessibility. Participants (N = 150) were briefly primed with their first names or a random string of letters (33 ms), before completing a lexical decision task with words related to success
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Individual differences in spontaneous self-affirmation and mental health: relationships with self-esteem, dispositional optimism and coping Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Peter R. Harris, Alice Richards, Rod Bond
ABSTRACT In two online studies, we test whether spontaneous self-affirmation (measured by the Spontaneous Self-Affirmation Measure, SSAM) predicts better mental health and coping and the role that self-esteem and dispositional optimism play in these relationships. Study 1 (N = 110) was cross-sectional. In study 2 (N = 192) we collected the mental health measures one month post-baseline. Consistent
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“Mom always liked you best!”: Concern for parental regard in sibling comparisons Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Claire Midgley, Penelope Lockwood, Laksmiina Balasubramaniam, Adira Daniel, Lisa Y. Hu
ABSTRACT In two studies (N = 488), we examined whether negative effects of sibling comparisons are exaggerated among individuals whose self-worth is contingent on parental approval. In Study 1, participants who made spontaneous references to parents (35%) when describing a time they were outperformed by a sibling (i.e., made an upward comparion) also recalled more negative effects of these comparisons
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Narcissistic personality features and contingencies of self-worth: What are the foundations of narcissistic self-esteem? Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Jennifer K. Vrabel
ABSTRACT Although different aspects of narcissism share certain similarities, it is believed that they may differ with regard to the domains upon which feelings of self-worth are based. To explore this possibility, the present research examined the associations that narcissistic personality features had with domain-specific contingencies of self-worth. Across five studies (N = 846/751/1,055/471/257)
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Individual differences in spontaneous self-affirmation predict well-being Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Donna C. Jessop, Peter R. Harris, Timothy Gibbons
ABSTRACT The present research examines the relationship between individual differences in the extent to which people report self-affirming when faced with a threat (spontaneous self-affirmation) and well-being. Across three studies (total N = 515), spontaneous self-affirmation consistently emerged as a significant linear predictor of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being outcomes, both cross-sectionally
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Improvements in self-compassion after an online program for adults with celiac disease: Findings from the POWER-C study Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-05-28 A. Justine Dowd, Karen T. Y. Tang, Michelle Y. Chen, Mary E. Jung, Amber Mosewich, Lori Welstead, S. Nicole Culos-Reed
ABSTRACT Part 1 involved pilot testing two programs for people with celiac disease (self-regulation, SR; or SR plus self-compassion, SR+SC). Results from focus groups revealed participants wanted more and tailored content, and new content bi-weekly versus weekly. In Part 2, we assessed the feasibility of delivering the programs online and the effects of the programs on behavioural and psychological
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Expanding me, loving us: self-expansion preferences, experiences, and romantic relationship commitment Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Erin K Hughes, Erica B. Slotter, Lydia F. Emery
ABSTRACT Self-expansion is a process through which people increase the size of their self-concept by incorporating novel content into their sense of identity. Greater self-expansion predicts positive outcomes for individuals and romantic relationships. However, there are individual differences in the motivation to self-expand. In the present research, we predicted that the experience of relational
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Incorporating physical appearance into one’s sense of self: Self-concept clarity, thin-ideal internalization, and appearance-self integration Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Lenny R. Vartanian, Lydia E. Hayward, Jeanne J. Carter
ABSTRACT We tested the hypothesis that individuals who lack a clear sense of their own identity incorporate their physical appearance into their sense of self. Study 1 (162 female students; 262 female community members) found that individuals low in self-concept clarity were more likely to consider their physical appearance an important part of their personal identity. Study 2 (278 female community
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Multiple identities juggling game: types of identity integration and their outcomes Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Claudia Manzi, Veronica Benet-Martinez
ABSTRACT In order to analyze how individuals socialized into multiple cultures integrate their different socio-cultural belongings, Benet-Martinez and colleagues introduced the construct of Bicultural Identity Integration. More recently, this construct has been applied to the study of identity dynamics beyond ethnicity under the more general rubric of Identity Integration (II), and with the goal of
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Personal identity, somatic symptoms, and symptom-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors: Exploring associations and mechanisms in adolescents and emerging adults Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Leni Raemen, Laurence Claes, Margaux Verschueren, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Sarah Vandekerkhof, Ine Triangle, Koen Luyckx
ABSTRACT The present paper includes two studies examining how identity functioning is related to (psychological characteristics of) somatic symptoms. Study 1 examined associations between identity and somatic symptoms, whereas Study 2 additionally examined associations between identity and psychological characteristics of somatic symptoms and investigated the mediating role of anxiety and depressive
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A leadership looking glass: How reflected appraisals of leadership shape individuals’ own perceived prototypicality and group identification Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Christopher T. Begeny, Yuen J. Huo, Michelle K. Ryan
ABSTRACT Research on social identity and leadership rarely examines leadership processes from the perspective of leaders themselves. Three studies (experimental, longitudinal, cross-sectional) help fill this gap. Integrating social identity principles with a reflected appraisals perspective, we demonstrate that as individuals come to see themselves as (informal) leaders in a group, it positively affects
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Development of self-concept clarity from ages 11 to 24: Latent growth models of Chinese adolescents Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Guangcan Xiang, Qingqing Li, Xiaobao Li, Hong Chen
ABSTRACT This study examined the growth trajectory of self-concept clarity (SCC) and explored the influence of this trajectory on the development of life satisfaction (LS) and positive affect (PA) among Chinese adolescents (N = 2001, 56.97% females). Results of latent growth models showed no significant mean-level change of SCC across three waves in a year. However, significant inter-individual variability
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Reflective rumination mediates the effects of neuroticism upon the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Kate Muir, Anna Madill, Charity Brown
ABSTRACT Across three studies we explored neuroticism in relation to the fading affect bias, which refers to the greater fading of unpleasant compared to pleasant emotions in autobiographical memory. With increasing neuroticism, there was an increase in the frequency of unpleasant event rehearsal, which was then linked to less fading of negative affect. Study 2 showed this effect was specific to reflective
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The upside: How people make sense of difficulty matters during a crisis Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Gülnaz Kiper, Mohammad Atari, Veronica X. Yan, Daphna Oyserman
ABSTRACT We used IBM theory and the COVID-19 pandemic to test the prediction that how people respond to all-encompassing life difficulties requiring novel difficult tasks/goals is a function of what they infer about their identities from these experiences of difficulty (N = 698 U.S. adults, three datasets). People were more likely to see silver linings if they experienced difficulties with a task/goal
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Under pressure: Locomotion and assessment in the COVID-19 pandemic Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-02-06 Erik J. Jansen, James Danckert, Paul Seli, Abigail A. Scholer
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic poses unique opportunities to explore how fundamental self-regulatory variables affect responses to the pandemic. We examine how two critical self-regulatory orientations, locomotion and assessment, relate to psychological distress and obeying public health guidelines using secondary data analysis. In the initial pandemic stages (April and May, 2020), North American participants
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True-self-as-guide lay theory endorsement across five countries Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Jinhyung Kim, Kaiyuan Chen, Grace N. Rivera, Emily K. Hong, Shanmukh Kamble, Christie Napa Scollon, Kennon M. Sheldon, Hong Zhang, Rebecca J. Schlegel
ABSTRACT A widespread lay theory in the United States suggests that the best way to make decisions is to follow who you “really are”, referred to as the “true-self-as-guide” (TSAG) lay theory of decision making. In this paper, we explore whether people from four less-WEIRD (i.e., Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) countries also explicitly endorse the TSAG lay theory, whether
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Self-compassion, social cognition, and self-affect in adolescence: A longitudinal study Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Victoria Talwar, Melisa Castellanos, Sandra Bosacki
ABSTRACT The current study examined the longitudinal association of social cognition (Theory of Mind, empathy) and self-affect (self-conscious emotions) with 99 adolescents’ positive and negative dimensions of self-compassion over two years (T1: 10.75 years, T2: 12.08 years). For the total sample, analysis showed no relations among variables, but separate gender analysis revealed differences in correlational
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Describing autobiographical memories: Effects of shared reality and audience attitude valence on perceived authenticity and self-esteem Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Abby S. Boytos, Kristi A. Costabile, Tessa R. Logan
ABSTRACT The current investigation examined how experiencing a shared reality during the social reconstruction of the past might relate to communicators’ perceived authenticity and self-esteem. In two experiments, participants were randomly assigned to describe an autobiographical memory to an audience who had either a positive or negative attitude toward the memory topic. Participants then reported
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Cross-lagged associations between cognitive dispositions, identity processing styles, and identity commitments Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Michael D. Berzonsky, Dennis R. Papini
ABSTRACT The developmental interplay among cognitive dispositions (need for cognition and faith in intuition), identity processing styles (informational, normative, and diffuse-avoidant), and identity commitments was examined. Participants (N = 269 university students) completed measures of the study variables twice separated by a three-month interval. A rational cognitive disposition at T1 predicted
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Between-individuals and within-individual relations between self-insecurity and unpleasant repetitive thinking Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Alice B. Huang, Howard Berenbaum, Grace B. McKee
ABSTRACT Studies have found that self-security, defined as the acceptance of one’s own weaknesses, is associated with many important outcomes. The present research examined the link between self-insecurity (the rejection of one’s own weaknesses) and unpleasant repetitive thinking, a transdiagnostic process that appears to be a major risk factor for internalizing psychopathology. In Study 1, we examined
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Daily self-compassion protects Asian Americans/Canadians after experiences of COVID-19 discrimination: Implications for subjective well-being and health behaviors Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Jia Wei Zhang, van Bui, Andrew N. Snell, Ryan T. Howell, Dan Bailis
ABSTRACT Asians are not immune to racial discrimination and discrimination against Asians has heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic because they were blamed as the origin of the virus. A pre-registered 14-day diary explored if self-compassion was associated with subjective well-being and protective behaviors for Asians (U.S. & Canada) who faced COVID-19 discriminations (N = 82 & ndiaries =711). Participants
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Identity integration matters: The case of parents working from home during the COVID-19 health emergency Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2021-12-02 Claudia Manzi, Yasin Koc, Verónica Benet-Martínez, Eleonora Reverberi
ABSTRACT Since February 2020, the world has faced a health emergency due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. Two of the first measures adopted by most countries to ensure social distancing were the closure of schools and childcare services, and the mandate to work from home. Millions of parents, while facing the threat of the virus infection, suddenly found themselves locked down in their homes managing
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CORRECTION NOTICE Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2021-11-29
(2021). CORRECTION NOTICE. Self and Identity: Vol. 20, Unconventional Identities, pp. i-ii.
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The moral identity picture scale (MIPS): Measuring the full scope of moral identity Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Amelia Goranson, Connor O’Fallon, Kurt Gray
ABSTRACT Morality is core to people’s identity. Existing moral identity scales measure good/moral vs. bad/immoral, but the Theory of Dyadic Morality highlights two-dimensions of morality: valence (good/moral vs. bad/immoral) and agency (high/agent vs. low/recipient). The Moral Identity Picture Scale (MIPS) measures this full space through 16 vivid pictures. Participants receive scores for these two
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Development and initial validation of a scale to measure momentary self-concept clarity Self Identity (IF 2.412) Pub Date : 2021-11-28 William D. Ellison, Juyoung Yun, Margaret I. Lupo, Autumn K. Lucas-Marinelli, Victoria B. Marshall, Arielle Faith R. Matic, Alec C. Trahan
ABSTRACT Several studies have suggested that momentary self-concept clarity (SCC) levels are important for emotion regulation and self-control processes, but these studies have used unvalidated measures of momentary SCC. Here, we report on the development and preliminary validation of a brief self-report scale, the Momentary Self-Concept Clarity Scale (M-SCCS). One hundred and twenty-two adults completed