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Self-continuity is the subjective sense of connection between one's past and present selves (past-present self-continuity), between one's present and future selves (present-future self-continuity), or among one's past, present, and future selves (global self-continuity). We consider the motivational character of the three forms of self-continuity, their regulatory properties, and the internal or external factors that consolidate them. We also review their consequences for attitudes and judgments or decisions, motivation, intentions and behavior, and psychological and physical health. We further detail the psychological and behavioral benefits of self-discontinuity (i.e., a sense of disconnect among temporal selves). We next turn to the brain regions that are activated synchronously with self-continuity. We consider developmental perspectives on self-continuity, discuss collective self-continuity (along with its consequences and regulatory properties), and elaborate on cultural differences in self-continuity. This inaugural Annual Reviews chapter demonstrates the breadth, excitement, and sense of synergy among self-continuity researchers and points to promising research directions.
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- Constantine Sedikides
- Centre for Research on Self and Identity, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; , ,
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- Centre for Research on Self and Identity, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; , ,
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- Centre for Research on Self and Identity, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; , ,
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Masciantonio A, Bourguignon D. Motivation Scale for Using Social Network Sites: Comparative Study between Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and LinkedIn. Psychol Belg 2023; 63:30-43. [PMID: 37065005 PMCID: PMC10103725 DOI: 10.5334/pb.1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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The increasing number of Social Network Sites (SNSs) and their changing nature raise the question of why people use them. This research has a twofold objective: first, to develop a motivation scale for using SNSs; second, to compare the motivational SNSs profile of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and LinkedIn. Two studies on 364 university students, using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, established six motivations: entertainment, social interaction, seeking information, instrumental use, self-documentation and self-enhancement. Regressions then examined the association between motivations for using SNSs, social influence measures (descriptive and injunctive norms), and frequency of use of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. The results showed that social norms complement the motivations to use SNSs. Twitter use was associated with an information-seeking SNSs motivational profile. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram were associated with self-documentation on SNSs. Snapchat was rather associated with instrumental motivations on SNSs. However, while all SNSs were associated with descriptive norms, only Facebook and LinkedIn were associated with injunctive norms (i.e., peer pressure). The results are discussed by applying a cross-media perspective to new motives behind SNSs use.
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- Alexandra Masciantonio
- Universitéde Lorraine, EA 7312 PErSEUs, Metz, FR
- Maastricht University, Studio Europa Maastricht, Maastricht, NL
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“Running away is easy; it's the leaving that's hard”: Career enactment by former military officers. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Costin V, Vignoles VL. What do people find most meaningful? How representations of the self and the world provide meaning in life. J Pers 2021; 90:541-558. [PMID: 34655471 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent theories propose that global meaning in life (MIL) is based on feelings of coherence, purpose, and existential mattering. MIL has also been linked to mental representations-for example, beliefs, values, attitudes, and identities-that serve as "meaning frameworks" for interpreting the world and oneself. Combining these proposals, we predicted that beliefs, values, attitudes, and identities would foster a sense of MIL to the extent that they provide feelings of coherence, purpose, and existential mattering. METHOD Using multilevel path analysis, we tested within-person associations of coherence, purpose, and existential mattering with a sense of MIL across three studies (Study 1:208 US MTurk workers; Study 2:106 UK university students; Study 3:296 from a UK nationally representative Prolific sample). We explored the generality of these associations across mental representation types and individual differences. RESULTS Participants derived greater MIL most strongly from mental representations that provided sense of purpose, followed by existential mattering. Sense of coherence was less robustly related to MIL across mental representation types and religious orientation. CONCLUSIONS Integrating prior theorizing on MIL, we conclude that mental representations function as "meaning frameworks" to the extent that they provide feelings of purpose, mattering, and, sometimes, coherence.
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- Vlad Costin
- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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Hofer J, Lehmann M, Busch H, Menon A. Associations between the implicit needs for affiliation and power and identity development in a sample of Zambian adolescents. SELF AND IDENTITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2021.1967189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Jan Hofer
- Department Of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- Department Of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- Department Of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- Department Of Psychology, University Of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Batory-Ginda AM. Strengthening Identity by Affirming One’s Most Important Values. JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2021.1929598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Knox S, Casulli L. Exploring founder identity tension, resolution, and venture pursuit. JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00472778.2021.1905821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde, UK
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Frazier LD, Schwartz BL, Metcalfe J. The MAPS model of self-regulation: Integrating metacognition, agency, and possible selves. METACOGNITION AND LEARNING 2021; 16:297-318. [PMID: 33424511 PMCID: PMC7785474 DOI: 10.1007/s11409-020-09255-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Self-regulation, a social-cognitive process at the intersection of metacognition, motivation, and behavior, encompasses how people conceptualize, strive for, and accomplish their goals. Self-regulation is critical for behavioral change regardless of the context. Research indicates that self-regulation is learned. Integral to successful self-regulation of behavior are: (a) an articulated concept of one's possible selves, (b) metacognitive knowledge and effective strategies, and (c) a sense of one's own agency. We present the theoretical linkages, research evidence, and applied utility for these three components in promoting self-regulation of behavior, specifically in the domain of learning. We propose the MAPS model to account for the pathways of influence that lead to behavioral change. This model illustrates the dynamic and feed-forward processes that derive from the interactions among possible selves, metacognition, and agency to provide the context for developing self-regulated and effective learning that promotes student success, the transfer of knowledge, and the foundation for life-long learning.
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- Leslie D. Frazier
- Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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Freel SH, Bilali R, Godfrey EB. We are “the Resistance”: Predictors and consequences of self-categorization into the emerging movement to oppose Trump. GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/1368430220974758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In a three-wave longitudinal study conducted in the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency, this paper examines how people come to self-categorize into the emerging social movement “the Resistance,” and how self-categorization into this movement influences future participation in collective action and perceptions of the movement’s efficacy. Conventional collective action (e.g., protest, lobby legislators)—but not persuasive collective action (e.g., posting on social media)—and perceived identity consolidation efficacy of the movement at Wave 1 predicted a higher likelihood of self-categorization into the movement 1 month later (Wave 2) and 2 months later (Wave 3). Self-categorization into the Resistance predicted two types of higher subsequent movement efficacy perceptions, and helped sustain the effects of conventional collective action and movement efficacy beliefs at Wave 1 on efficacy beliefs at Wave 3. Implications for theory and future research on emerging social movements are discussed.
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Calandri E, Graziano F, Borghi M, Bonino S, Cattelino E. The Role of Identity Motives on Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms: A Comparison Between Young Adults With Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Peers. Front Psychol 2020; 11:589815. [PMID: 33304300 PMCID: PMC7701240 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.589815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The diagnosis of a chronic illness during young adulthood represents a non-normative life transition influencing the identity definition process, as well as the individual psychological adjustment. The study examined if relationships between identity motives (self-esteem, efficacy, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, and meaning), health-related quality of life, and depressive symptoms differ between healthy young adults and young adults diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Two hundred one people (101 MS patients and 100 healthy controls), aged 18-35 years, completed a self-report questionnaire. Young adults with MS reported lower health-related quality of life and lower efficacy motive than their healthy peers. Among MS patients, high meaning was related to lower depressive symptoms, whereas high continuity and high belonging were related to higher health-related quality of life than in healthy controls. The study highlights the relevance of identity motives for the adjustment to MS and has implications for psychological interventions with young patients.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
- Cosso Foundation, Turin, Italy
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- Cosso Foundation, Turin, Italy
- CRESM (Regional Referral Multiple Sclerosis Centre) – “San Luigi Gonzaga” Hospital – Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
- Cosso Foundation, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Aosta Valley, Aosta, Italy
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Crabtree MA, Pillow DR. Consequences of enactment and concealment for felt authenticity: Understanding the effects of stigma through self‐distancing and motive fulfillment. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Meghan A. Crabtree
- Department of Psychology University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio TX USA
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- Department of Psychology University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio TX USA
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Raffard S, Bortolon C, Iniesta F, Macioce V, Gely-Nargeot MC, Van der Linden M. Projecting the self in aging: an exploratory study of self-defining future projections. Memory 2020; 28:632-641. [PMID: 32336202 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2020.1753778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The concept of "Self-Defining Future Projections" (SDFPs) has been recently introduced to better explore the link between future thinking and identity. To date, SDFPs have only been examined in young adults and it remains unknown how self-defining future thoughts evolve in aging. In this cross-sectional study, 43 young adults (age range = 19-28; mean age = 23.06) and 43 older adults (age range 60-80; mean age = 69.46) were asked to generate three SDFPs. Our results indicated that SDFPs were less specific in older adults compared to young adults, but there was no difference between the two groups concerning autobiographical reasoning. However, regarding subjective experience, older adults rated imagined future events as containing more sensory details and contextual information and reported a higher feeling of pre-experiencing the personal future. Additionally, older participants described future events that were more positive and less distant in the future, with fewer narratives about future achievements but more narratives describing leisure time, with a similar probability between the two groups that the event will occur in the future. Our study extends previous aging research and adds to the literature by better understanding how future event representations are formed in older adults.
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- Stéphane Raffard
- Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ. Montpellier, EPSYLON EA, Montpellier, France.,University Department of Adult Psychiatry, La Colombière Hospital, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie: Personnalité, Cognition et Changement Social, Grenoble, France
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- Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ. Montpellier, EPSYLON EA, Montpellier, France
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- Clinical Research and Epidemiology Unit, CHU Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation, Université de Genève, Genève, Suisse
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Verkuyten M, Yogeeswaran K, Adelman L. The Negative Implications of Being Tolerated: Tolerance From the Target's Perspective. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2020; 15:544-561. [PMID: 32271648 PMCID: PMC7243076 DOI: 10.1177/1745691619897974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Intergroup toleration is a requirement for living with diversity and actively promoted by local, national, and international bodies. However, although psychological researchers have extensively considered the implications of being discriminated, little is known about the psychological consequences of being tolerated. In this article, we argue that beyond the freedoms implied by tolerance, being “merely” tolerated also implies social identity threats that compromise specific psychological needs (belongingness, esteem, control, certainty). We further consider the psychological consequences of being tolerated at the personal, interpersonal, and intergroup levels and consider factors that may moderate the impact of being tolerated for minority outcomes. Taken together, this work provides the first theoretical argument and overview of what it means to be tolerated by considering the negative implications of toleration in diverse nations.
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- Maykel Verkuyten
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University.,European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Utrecht University
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University
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Makanju D, Livingstone AG, Sweetman J. Testing the effect of historical representations on collective identity and action. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231051. [PMID: 32243470 PMCID: PMC7122819 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Historical representation of collective identity offer means of influencing the extent to which group members engage in activities in line with the collective interests of their group vs. their own individual interests. This research tested the effect of different historical representations of the African people on Africans' perceptions of African social identity and engagement in identity management strategies across two studies. In Study 1 (N = 162), we tested the effect of two historical representations: positive (prestigious precolonial African history and resistance to the colonial power) and negative (inhumane practices of precolonial Africans). In Study 2 (N = 431), we tested the effect of two historical representations: positive (prestigious precolonial African history) and negative factual (inhuman practices of precolonial Africans) while also making salient the ubiquitous historical representation of the African people (negative colonial-perspective) across all history conditions. We predicted that positive (vs. negative) historical representation would lead to more positive perceptions of African identity, which in turn would predict more collectively-oriented identity management strategies. Altogether, results provided no support for these predictions. We highlight methodological (and by extension theoretical) features-such as, psychological reactance and outgroup audience effect-which may have limited the effect of the manipulations to help inform the interpretation of the null findings obtained. We conclude by discussing other limitations and the theoretical implications of our work, before pointing out various avenues for future research to help us better test, and understand, the role of historical representation in the African context.
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- Damilola Makanju
- Department of Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
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Nagy P, Wylie R, Eschrich J, Finn E. Facing the Pariah of Science: The Frankenstein Myth as a Social and Ethical Reference for Scientists. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS 2020; 26:737-759. [PMID: 31292834 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-019-00121-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Since its first publication in 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus has transcended genres and cultures to become a foundational myth about science and technology across a multitude of media forms and adaptations. Following in the footsteps of the brilliant yet troubled Victor Frankenstein, professionals and practitioners have been debating the scientific ethics of creating life for decades, never before have powerful tools for doing so been so widely available. This paper investigates how engaging with the Frankenstein myth may help scientists gain a more accurate understanding of their own beliefs and opinions about the social and ethical aspects of their profession and their work. The paper presents findings from phenomenological interviews with twelve scientists working on biotechnology, robotics, or artificial intelligence projects. The results suggest that the Frankenstein myth, and the figure of Victor Frankenstein in particular, establishes norms for scientists about what is considered unethical and dangerous in scientific work. The Frankenstein myth both serves as a social and ethical reference for scientists and a mediator between scientists and the society. Grappling with the cultural ubiquity of the Frankenstein myth prepares scientists to face their ethical dilemmas and create a more transparent research agenda. Meanwhile, by focusing on the differences between real scientists and the imaginary figure of Victor Frankenstein, scientists may avoid being labeled as dangerous individuals, and could better conceptualize the potential societal and ethical perceptions and implications of their research.
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- Peter Nagy
- Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.
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- Center for Science and the Imagination, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
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- Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
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- Arts, Media and Engineering/English, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
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Martin G, Bushfield S, Siebert S, Howieson B. Changing Logics in Healthcare and Their Effects on the Identity Motives and Identity Work of Doctors. ORGANIZATION STUDIES 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0170840619895871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recent literature on hybridity has provided useful insights into how professionals have responded to changing institutional logics. Our focus is on how shifting logics have shaped senior medical professionals’ identity motives and identity work in a qualitative study of hospital consultants in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. We found a binary divide between a large category of traditionalist doctors who reject shifting logics, and a much smaller category of incorporated consultants who broadly accept shifting logics and advocate change, with little evidence of significant ambivalence or temporary identity ‘fixes’ associated with liminality. By developing a new inductively generated framework, we show how the identity motives and identity work of these two categories of doctors differ significantly. We explore the underlying causes of these differences, and the implications they hold for theory and practice in medical professionalism, medical professional leadership and healthcare reform.
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Massey-Abernathy AR, Robinson DN. I Don’t Sweat my Future: Future-Selves, Personality, and Skin Conductance. ADAPTIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40750-019-00114-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nieuwenhuis M, Manstead ASR, Easterbrook MJ. Accounting for unequal access to higher education: The role of social identity factors. GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/1368430219829824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Western societies stress the potential for anyone, irrespective of social background, to improve their position within society. However, disadvantaged students face barriers in gaining a good education. Two studies in secondary schools show how perceptions of identity compatibility and anticipated fit influence students’ university choices. It was found that relatively disadvantaged students scored lower on identity compatibility, and that low scores on identity compatibility were associated with lower anticipated fit at a local selective (Study 1) or highly selective (Study 2) university. Anticipated fit, in turn, predicted the type of university to which participants wanted to apply; those who anticipated fitting in more at selective universities were more likely to apply to higher status universities. These relations were significant while controlling for academic achievement. Together, these studies suggest that social identity factors play a relevant role in explaining higher education choices among low-status group members.
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Zhang R, Noels KA, Lalonde RN. Know Your Heritage: Exploring the Effects of Fit in Cultural Knowledge on Chinese Canadians' Heritage Identification. Front Psychol 2018; 9:2100. [PMID: 30455655 PMCID: PMC6230655 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In the present research, we introduce the notion of fit in cultural knowledge (FICK) – which we define as a match between the self and others in representing a cultural tradition. For ethnic minorities, FICK can be manifested in different degrees of matching their personal beliefs about their heritage culture with outgroup as well as ingroup beliefs about their heritage culture. We conducted two studies with the objective of exploring the potentially negative effects of FICK on Chinese Canadians’ heritage identification. In both studies, Chinese Canadian university students (N = 102; N = 156) indicated their personal beliefs about what values are normative in Chinese culture. Ingroup beliefs were assessed by beliefs about Chinese values that Chinese Canadians ascribed to their parents (Study 2), whereas outgroup beliefs were assessed by beliefs about Chinese values that were held by Euro-Canadians (Study 1) or that Chinese Canadians ascribed to Euro-Canadians (Study 2). The main findings based on a series of path models are as follows: (1) a stronger FICK generally predicted lower Chinese identification (centrality, ingroup ties, and affect), yet those negative effects were largely manifested in the openness to change versus conservation rather than in the self-transcendence versus self-enhancement value dimension. (2) The negative effects could be explained by Chinese Canadians’ experience of bicultural conflict (Study 1) and the frustration of continuity, meaning, and belonging identity motives (Study 2), suggesting that it matters which specific views of Chinese culture are matched in FICK. 3) Individuals who agreed with the perceived outgroup beliefs, and parental beliefs to a lesser extent, were more likely to apply the model minority stereotype to other Chinese Canadians (Study 2). Taken together, those findings demonstrate the challenges FICK presents to heritage identity maintenance among Chinese Canadian young adults. Implications for enculturation and cultural fit are discussed.
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- Rui Zhang
- Department of Psychology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Ernst A, Philippe FL, D'Argembeau A. Wanting or having to: The role of goal self-concordance in episodic future thinking. Conscious Cogn 2018; 66:26-39. [PMID: 30391628 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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While it is established that goal processing is a central component of episodic future thinking, how personal goals shape future event representations is not fully understood. Here, we explored the influence of the source of motivation underlying goal pursuit. Personal goals differ in their degree of self-concordance, which depends on the primary motives underlying goal pursuit. We distinguished between self-concordant (what one wants to achieve) and non-self-concordant (what one has to achieve) goals. Participants were asked to imagine specific future events associated with each type of goals. We found that self-concordant future events have a privileged phenomenological status: they are associated with a stronger sense of "realness" and of pre-experiencing the future, are more integrated with autobiographical knowledge, and are characterized by more positive and intense emotions. Furthermore, psychological need satisfaction was a characteristic component of self-concordant future thoughts. Implications of these findings for motivation and goal pursuit are discussed.
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- Alexandra Ernst
- Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Liège, Belgium.
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- ELABORER - Laboratory for Research on Emotions and Representations, Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
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- Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Roth J, Steffens MC, Vignoles VL. Group Membership, Group Change, and Intergroup Attitudes: A Recategorization Model Based on Cognitive Consistency Principles. Front Psychol 2018; 9:479. [PMID: 29681878 PMCID: PMC5897506 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The present article introduces a model based on cognitive consistency principles to predict how new identities become integrated into the self-concept, with consequences for intergroup attitudes. The model specifies four concepts (self-concept, stereotypes, identification, and group compatibility) as associative connections. The model builds on two cognitive principles, balance–congruity and imbalance–dissonance, to predict identification with social groups that people currently belong to, belonged to in the past, or newly belong to. More precisely, the model suggests that the relative strength of self-group associations (i.e., identification) depends in part on the (in)compatibility of the different social groups. Combining insights into cognitive representation of knowledge, intergroup bias, and explicit/implicit attitude change, we further derive predictions for intergroup attitudes. We suggest that intergroup attitudes alter depending on the relative associative strength between the social groups and the self, which in turn is determined by the (in)compatibility between social groups. This model unifies existing models on the integration of social identities into the self-concept by suggesting that basic cognitive mechanisms play an important role in facilitating or hindering identity integration and thus contribute to reducing or increasing intergroup bias.
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- Jenny Roth
- Department of Psychology, Social Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Psychology, Social, Environmental, and Economic Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Selenko E, Berkers H, Carter A, Woods SA, Otto K, Urbach T, De Witte H. On the dynamics of work identity in atypical employment: setting out a research agenda. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/1359432x.2018.1444605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Eva Selenko
- School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Research Group Work, Organisational & Personnel Psychology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University, Vaal Campus, South Africa
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Çelebi E, Verkuyten M, Bagci SC. Ethnic identification, discrimination, and mental and physical health among Syrian refugees: The moderating role of identity needs. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Elif Çelebi
- Department of Psychology; Istanbul Sehir Universitesi; Istanbul Turkey
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- European Research Center on Migration and Ethnic Relations; Utrecht University; Utrecht The Netherlands
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Destin M, Debrosse R. Upward social mobility and identity. Curr Opin Psychol 2017; 18:99-104. [PMID: 28858638 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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As psychological research on socioeconomic status (SES) continues to expand, greater attention should be devoted to the influence of social mobility and the dynamic and malleable aspects of SES on people's lives. Status-based identity describes how people's socioeconomic circumstances relate to their broader sense of self and the meaning that they make of their own SES. Such an approach allows for complex study of the challenges and consequences of a change in SES. Research related to status-based identity suggests that although social mobility is often considered a signifier of reduced inequality, upward social mobility may also exacerbate other forms of inequality by instigating a destabilizing sense of status uncertainty that impairs motivation and well-being for class migrants.
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Pop-Up to Professional: Emerging Entrepreneurial Identity and Evolving Vocabularies of Motive. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT DISCOVERIES 2017. [DOI: 10.5465/amd.2015.0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Becker M, Vignoles VL, Owe E, Easterbrook MJ, Brown R, Smith PB, Abuhamdeh S, Cendales Ayala B, Garðarsdóttir RB, Torres A, Camino L, Bond MH, Nizharadze G, Amponsah B, Schweiger Gallo I, Prieto Gil P, Lorente Clemares R, Campara G, Espinosa A, Yuki M, Zhang X, Zhang J, Zinkeng M, Villamar JA, Kusdil E, Çağlar S, Regalia C, Manzi C, Brambilla M, Bourguignon D, Möller B, Fülöp M, Macapagal MEJ, Pyszczynski T, Chobthamkit P, Gausel N, Kesebir P, Herman G, Courtois M, Harb C, Jalal B, Tatarko A, Aldhafri S, Kreuzbauer R, Koller SH, Mekonnen KH, Fischer R, Milfont TL, Des Rosiers SE, Jaafar JL, Martin M, Baguma P, Lv S, Schwartz SJ, Gavreliuc A, Fritsche I, González R, Didier N, Carrasco D, Lay S. Being oneself through time: Bases of self-continuity across 55 cultures. SELF AND IDENTITY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2017.1330222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Maja Becker
- CLLE, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UT2J, Toulouse, France
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Istanbul Şehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Faculty of Business, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, China
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- Department of Social Sciences, Free University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Behavioral Science, Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Guidance Counselling, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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- Faculty of Liberal Arts, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Library Science, and Geography, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Psychosocial Health, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychology, National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Psychology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Human Sciences, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
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- Department of Educational, Social and Organizational Psychology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Psychology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Demblon J, D’Argembeau A. Contribution of past and future self-defining event networks to personal identity. Memory 2016; 25:656-665. [DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2016.1205095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ashforth BE, Schinoff BS. Identity Under Construction: How Individuals Come to Define Themselves in Organizations. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2016. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Blake E. Ashforth
- Department of Management, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85827; ,
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- Department of Management, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85827; ,
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Knez I. Toward a Model of Work-Related Self: A Narrative Review. Front Psychol 2016; 7:331. [PMID: 27014140 PMCID: PMC4781839 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Occupational work as personal and social identification can be conceptualized as one of the life goals that we strive for and find meaning in. A basic categorization of the phenomenon of work-related identity is suggested, based on psychological theories of identity, memory and relational schema. It distinguishes between organizational, workgroup and professional identity. The two former relate to the concepts of social identity and collective self and the latter to the concepts of personal identity and individual self. These are assumed to form functionally independent cognitive structures, leading to separate motivations and influences on work-related satisfaction. Given this, empirical research on the impact of work-related identity on employee satisfaction, in general terms, is reviewed. The article concludes with some prospective directions for future research by sketching a general model of work-related self. It is hypothesized to evolve by a causal progression from employment across time via emotional and cognitive components.
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- Igor Knez
- Social Work and Psychology, University of GävleGävle, Sweden
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Smeekes A, Verkuyten M. The presence of the past: Identity continuity and group dynamics. EUROPEAN REVIEW OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/10463283.2015.1112653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Raffard S, Bortolon C, D'Argembeau A, Gardes J, Gely-Nargeot MC, Capdevielle D, Van der Linden M. Projecting the self into the future in individuals with schizophrenia: a preliminary cross-sectional study. Memory 2015; 24:826-37. [PMID: 26274839 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1057152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The ability to project oneself into the future contributes to development and maintenance of a coherent sense of identity. If recent research has revealed that schizophrenia is associated with difficulties envisioning the future, little is known about patients' future self-representations. In this study, 27 participants with schizophrenia and 26 healthy controls were asked to simulate mental representations of plausible and highly significant future events (self-defining future projections, SDFPs) that they anticipate to happen in their personal future. Main results showed that schizophrenia patients had difficulties in reflecting on the broader meaning and implications of imagined future events. In addition, and contrary to our hypothesis, a large majority of SDFPs in schizophrenia patients were positive events, including achievements, relationship, and leisure contents. Interestingly, patients and controls did not differ on the perceived probability that these events will occur in the future. Our results suggest that schizophrenia patients have an exaggerated positive perception of their future selves. Together, these findings lend support to the idea that past and future self-defining representations have both similar and distinct characteristics in schizophrenia.
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- Stéphane Raffard
- a Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities & Health Behaviors , University of Montpellier 3 , Montpellier , France.,b University Department of Adult Psychiatry , La Colombière Hospital, CHRU Montpellier , Montpellier , France
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- a Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities & Health Behaviors , University of Montpellier 3 , Montpellier , France.,b University Department of Adult Psychiatry , La Colombière Hospital, CHRU Montpellier , Montpellier , France
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- c Department of Psychology: Cognition and Behavior , University of Liège , Liège , Belgium.,d Cyclotron Research Centre , University of Liège , Liège , Belgium
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- a Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities & Health Behaviors , University of Montpellier 3 , Montpellier , France
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- a Epsylon Laboratory Dynamic of Human Abilities & Health Behaviors , University of Montpellier 3 , Montpellier , France
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- b University Department of Adult Psychiatry , La Colombière Hospital, CHRU Montpellier , Montpellier , France.,e INSERM U-1061 , Montpellier , France
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- c Department of Psychology: Cognition and Behavior , University of Liège , Liège , Belgium.,f Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Faculty of Psychology , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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Batory AM. What Self-Aspects Appear Significant When Identity Is in Danger? Motives Crucial Under Identity Threat. JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2014.923353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Oyserman D, Destin M, Novin S. The Context-Sensitive Future Self: Possible Selves Motivate in Context, Not Otherwise. SELF AND IDENTITY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2014.965733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Stam D, Lord RG, Knippenberg DV, Wisse B. An Image of Who We Might Become: Vision Communication, Possible Selves, and Vision Pursuit. ORGANIZATION SCIENCE 2014. [DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A model of self-knowledge is proposed which summarizes and integrates a few distinctions concerning self-standards and related self-discrepancies. Four types of self-standards are distinguished (i.e. ideal, ought, undesired and forbidden selves) and a hierarchical organization of these standards is postulated. There is a basic contrast between positive and negative standards at the higher level of the hierarchy, whereas Higgins’ distinction between ideals and oughts is found at the lower level. Every self-standard is analyzed in terms of two types of self-discrepancies. Many previous studies explored discrepancies between self-standards and the actual self, i.e. the perceived actualization of standards. The present study proposed that discrepancies between self-standards and the can self are a second type of discrepancy that should be included in structural models of self-knowledge. The can self consists of self-beliefs referring to capabilities and potentials; thus, this additional type of discrepancy reflects the perceived attainability of standards. Consequently, the present study explored a set of eight self-discrepancies, i.e. both the perceived actualization and the attainability of four self-standards. In order to assess the intercorrelations among these eight self-discrepancies, participants (N = 404) completed a newly developed online measure. CFA modeling confirmed the postulated two-level hierarchy of self-standards. The reasonability of including discrepancies between self-standards and the can self in the structural model of self-knowledge was also confirmed.
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- Waclaw Bak
- Institute of Psychology, Department of Personality Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Raclawickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
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Batory A. Reorganization of personal identity in the context of motivational dynamics and internal dialogical activity. Scand J Psychol 2014; 55:362-70. [PMID: 24773291 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Identity is constantly constructed and reconstructed. It may be assumed that there are six fundamental motivational goals according to which it is organized: self-esteem, self-efficacy, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, and meaning (Vignoles, 2011). Moreover, identity is shaped by its dialogical nature (Hermans, 2003; van Halen & Janssen, 2004). The longitudinal study was conducted to examine both the motivational and the dialogical basis of identity structure dynamics. The results showed that the more the identity element was connected with a sense of continuity and the more dialogical it was, the greater the perceived centrality of this element was after two months. Furthermore, the more the identity element satisfied the self-esteem and belonging motives, the more positive was the affect ascribed to it. In the behavioral domain of identity, participants more strongly manifested those identity aspects that were earlier rated as more dialogical and satisfying the motive of belonging. The results showed that the motivational underpinnings of identity along with its dialogical nature explain changes in identity structure.
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- Anna Batory
- The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Warsaw, Poland
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Smeekes A, Verkuyten M. Perceived Group Continuity, Collective Self-Continuity, and In-Group Identification. SELF AND IDENTITY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2014.898685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Easterbrook M, Vignoles VL. Different groups, different motives: identity motives underlying changes in identification with novel groups. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2012; 38:1066-80. [PMID: 22569221 DOI: 10.1177/0146167212444614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Social identification is known to have wide-reaching implications, but theorists disagree about the underlying motives. Integrating motivated identity construction theory with recent social identity research, the authors predicted which motives underlie identification with two types of groups: interpersonal networks and social categories. In a five-wave longitudinal study of social identity processes among 268 new university residents, multilevel analyses showed that motives involved in identity enactment processes--self-esteem, belonging, and efficacy--significantly predicted within-person changes in identification with flatmates (an interpersonal network group), whereas motives involved in identity definition processes--meaning, self-esteem, and distinctiveness--significantly predicted within-person changes in identification with halls of residence (an abstract social category). This article discusses implications for research into identity motives and social identity.
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D'Argembeau A, Lardi C, Van der Linden M. Self-defining future projections: exploring the identity function of thinking about the future. Memory 2012; 20:110-20. [PMID: 22292616 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2011.647697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The act of projecting oneself into meaningful future events may significantly contribute to a person's sense of self and identity. Yet if the role of memories, in particular self-defining memories (SDMs), in grounding the self is now well established, the identity function of anticipated future events has received comparatively little attention. This article introduces the construct of self-defining future projection (SDFP) to address this issue. Two studies show that people can readily identify significant future events that they frequently think about and that convey core information about who they are as individuals. Furthermore, a person's particular style of constructing SDMs is similarly manifested in SDFPs, suggesting that both types of events can be used to ground the self. Notably, people who display a stronger tendency to extract meaning from their past experiences also reflect more about the potential implications of imagined future events. The results further demonstrate that SDMs and SDFPs both give rise to a strong sense of personal continuity over time and are meaningfully related to self-esteem. Together these findings lend support to the idea that a person's sense of self and identity is in part nourished by the anticipation of significant future events.
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Adopting the construct of possible selves, which are conceptions of our selves in future situations, the objective of this study was to investigate how anorexia patients differ from a non-clinical control group in their conceptions of the future on qualitative content, and the four quantitative dimensions positive and negative emotional valence, and beliefs about probability and controllability. The Possible Selves Statements Test was employed. Participants presented 14 possible selves by completing the question "I can see myself …" and rating each possible self on the 4 dimensions. The patients reported a larger number of negative possible selves, with higher negative valence, often seeing future everyday situations as negative, whereas the control group saw similar situations as positive. The anorexia patients also reported negative possible selves with high controllability and high probability in relation to such situations and in some cases rated recovery from anorexia with a negative valence. Clinical implications are discussed.
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- Martin G Erikson
- School of Education and Behavioural Science, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden
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Manzi C, Vignoles VL, Regalia C. Accommodating a new identity: Possible selves, identity change and well-being across two life-transitions. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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