Seeing the Bigger Picture: Development and Validation of a Work-Based Construal Level Scale

Summary We spend a substantial part of our daily life waiting, and unfortunately, wait time can fuel aggressive tendencies. Our study examines the relationship between wait time, perceived wait time, and aggressive tendencies from a construal level perspective. In Study 1, we found that the higher the construal level, the stronger the relationship between actual and perceived wait time and the stronger relationship between perceived wait time and aggressive tendencies. In Study 2, we manipulated construal level and found that power explains the moderating impact of construal on the wait—aggressive tendencies relationships. Results demonstrate the role of construal in explaining both perceived wait time and aggressive responses to long wait times, suggesting that mental construal influences both the psychological experience of time and the subsequent reaction to that experience. Overall, these results contribute to research on subjective time perspective by enhancing the knowledge and understanding of the determinants and effects of perceived wait time.

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“…We assessed the effectiveness of the CL manipulation using the Work‐Based CL Scale (Reyt & Wiesenfeld, ), Cronbach's α = .78.…”

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“…Subjects completed the Work‐Based CL Scale (Reyt & Wiesenfeld, ), which contains a set of 18 work activities that assess how people mentally represent their work roles. Subjects were asked to imagine themselves performing a list of work activities and indicate which point on a continuum best describes each activity for them.…”

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Putting time in perspective: How and why construal level buffers the relationship between wait time and aggressive tendencies

2020

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“…Other CLT research points to the outcomes of the level of construal. Construal level is associated, for example, with creativity (Polman & Emich, 2011), evaluation (Burgoon et al., 2013), learning (Reyt & Wiesenfeld, 2014) or advice taking (Reyt et al., 2015) and, more broadly, decision making at large (Fukukura et al., 2013; Raue et al., 2015). Although construal level and its effects have been extensively studied for more than two decades, construal level has yet to be linked systematically to affective states.…”

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The relationships between affect dimensions and level of construal

Efrat‐Treister,

Oreg,

Dover

2024

Euro J Social Psych

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The relationship between affect and cognition is a central topic of interest in psychology. In this study, we focus on the relationship of affect valence and activation with construal level. Existing findings are inconsistent. We propose that these inconsistencies may result from the interdependency of affect valence and activation and propose that valence and activation interact in predicting construal level. Specifically, we propose that, overall, valence has a positive effect on construal level, and that activation accentuates the effect of valence. We test our predictions through a text analysis of event descriptions in four data sets: TripAdvisor hotel reviews (N = 330,853); Yelp restaurant reviews (N = 648,974); Amazon Digital Music reviews (N = 1,518,409); and Twitter Negative Emotions database (N = 8,756). Results confirm the predicted V‐shaped relationship between valence and activation, and the moderating effect of activation on the relationship between valence and construal level. We discuss these findings and the inconsistencies across studies.

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Seeing the Bigger Picture: Development and Validation of a Work-Based Construal Level Scale

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Putting time in perspective: How and why construal level buffers the relationship between wait time and aggressive tendencies

Putting time in perspective: How and why construal level buffers the relationship between wait time and aggressive tendencies

The relationships between affect dimensions and level of construal

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