Manipulating Self-Complexity with Communication Role Assignment: Evidence for the Flexibility of Self-Concept Structure

Margolin, Jonathan; Niedenthal, Paula M.

doi:10.1006/jrpe.2000.2288

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“…In Study 3, we would similarly expect individuals seeking integrative coherence in their personal characteristics to organize them in simple ways, whereas those led to be thoughtful would likely distribute them into many distinct self-aspects. Indeed, Margolin and Niedenthal (2000) found that situational pressure to efficiently portray oneself to others (a context that presumably precludes deep self-reflections) led participants to view themselves more simply -precisely what morality salient high-PNS participants did here. To empirically assess this explanation, we tested whether MS led participants in Studies 1 and 4 to write longer autobiographies and accounts of recent experience, and to use more complex grammar, which would seem to index more engaged self-reflections.…”

Section: Limitations and Theoretical Issues Alternative Explanations mentioning

confidence: 89%

The protective identity: Evidence that mortality salience heightens the clarity and coherence of the self-concept

Landau

Greenberg

Sullivan

et al. 2009

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Section: Limitations and Theoretical Issues Alternative Explanations mentioning

confidence: 89%

The protective identity: Evidence that mortality salience heightens the clarity and coherence of the self-concept

Landau

Greenberg

Sullivan

et al. 2009

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…According to Linville (1985, 1987), a complex self-concept consists of a relatively large number of aspects (such as social roles, superordinate traits, and goals), which are distinct from one another in terms of the features that they include. Although self-complexity has largely been looked at as an individual difference variable (e.g., Linville, 1985, 1987), recent evidence suggests that it can vary based on situational factors (e.g., Margolin & Niedenthal, 2000). According to the current theoretical account, one factor that should influence self-complexity is temporal perspective: That is, distant-future self-representations should be characterized by a simpler structure than near-future self-representations.…”

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Representations of the self in the near and distant future.

Wakslak¹,

Nussbaum²,

Liberman³

et al. 2008

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Seven studies provide evidence that representations of the self at a distant-future time point are more abstract and structured than are representations of the self at a near-future time point and that distant-future behaviors are more strongly related to general self-conceptions. Distant-future self-representations incorporate broader, more superordinate identities than do near-future self-representations (Study 1) and are characterized by less complexity (Study 2), more cross-situational consistency (Study 3), and a greater degree of schematicity (Study 4). Furthermore, people’s behavioral predictions of their distant-future (vs. near-future) behavior are more strongly related to their general self-characteristics (Study 5), distant-future behaviors are seen as more self-expressive (Study 6), and distant-future behaviors that do not match up with acknowledged self-characteristics are more strongly rejected as reflections of the self (Study 7). Implications for understanding both the nature of the self-concept and the way in which distance may influence a range of self-processes are discussed.

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“…Thus, a growing body of literature has focused on the structural organizations of the self-concept that are involved in the self-regulation of behavior and in processes of adaptation (Rothermund & Meiniger, 2004;Showers et al, 1998). These organizational structures include, among others, self-concept complexity (Linville, 1987;Margolin & Niedenthal, 2000;Woolfolk et al, 1995), self-concept compartmentalization (Showers, 1992a(Showers, , 1992bShowers et al, 1998), and self-concept differentiation Donahue et al, 1993). Although a detailed review of the literature on each of these organizational structures and their associations with psychological outcomes is beyond the scope of this article, we will briefly highlight some of the most relevant research findings with regard to the effect of self-concept organization on psychological well-being.…”

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Contextualized Self‐Representations in Adulthood

Diehl

Hay

2007

Journal of Personality

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Theorizing has focused on individuals' self-representations as a psychological resource for coping with life stress and developmental challenges in adulthood. Many of the prominent theories have conceptualized self-representations with regard to specific social contexts (e.g., role-specific selfrepresentations) and have examined specific structural organizations of the self-concept with regard to psychological adjustment. This article describes research on the associations between self-concept structures and psychological well-being in adulthood. Specific emphasis is given to the feature of self-concept differentiation (SCD). Most research suggests that a high level of SCD tends to indicate self-fragmentation and tends to be associated with poorer adjustment and psychological well-being. Findings from a daily diary study with adults of all ages are reported showing that different levels of SCD were in a consistent and meaningful way related to the daily endorsement of positive and negative self-attributes. Daily self-representations, in turn, were significantly related to individuals' level of daily negative affect and to intra-individual variation in negative affect. These findings suggest that SCD may exert its effect on adjustment and psychological well-being through specific ways of processing self-related information.The last two decades have seen important extensions of self-concept theory into research on adult development and aging (Brandtstädter & Greve, 1994;Filipp & Klauer, 1986;Markus & Herzog, 1991). In particular, theorists have focused on individuals' self-representations as a psychological resource for coping with the challenges of adulthood and old age (Brandtstädter & Greve, 1994;Freund & Smith, 1999;Greve & Wentura, 2003). 1 Many of these conceptualizations have focused on adults' self-representations with regard to specific social contexts (e.g., role-specific self-representations) and have examined the associations of different structural organizations of contextualized self-representations with different indicators of psychological adjustment (Campbell, Assanand, & DiPaula, 2003;Kling, Ryff, & Essex, 1997;Linville, 1987;Showers, Abramson, & Hogan, 1998). This article has three major parts. First, we will review the theoretical and empirical reasons that have served as background for studying contextualized self-representations in adulthood. Second, we will review research focusing on the associations between different self-concept organizations and indicators of psychological adjustment. In this review, we will highlight only some of the major findings with regard to certain self-concept organizations and will focus specifically on the associations of self-concept differentiation (SCD) and measures of psychological well-being. Third, we will present findings from cross-sectional studies and from a daily diary study examining the effect of SCD and daily self-representations on daily affect.Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Manfred Diehl, Human Development...

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Manipulating Self-Complexity with Communication Role Assignment: Evidence for the Flexibility of Self-Concept Structure

Cited by 15 publications

References 43 publications

The protective identity: Evidence that mortality salience heightens the clarity and coherence of the self-concept

The protective identity: Evidence that mortality salience heightens the clarity and coherence of the self-concept

Representations of the self in the near and distant future.

Contextualized Self‐Representations in Adulthood

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