Exploring Asymmetries in Self-Concept Change After Discrepant Feedback.
| Autor: | Brotzeller F; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany., Gollwitzer M; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Personality & social psychology bulletin [Pers Soc Psychol Bull] 2024 Mar 04, pp. 1461672241232738. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 04. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01461672241232738 |
| Abstrakt: | Receiving self-relevant feedback that is discrepant from one's self-concept can lead to self-concept change. However, it is currently unclear whether positive or negative feedback has a larger effect on self-concept change. Across four studies (total N = 1,438), we demonstrate that intentions for self-concept change (Study 1) as well as actual self-concept change (Studies 2, 3, and 4) are larger (a) for larger discrepancies between self-concept and feedback and (b) for negative compared to positive discrepancies. Exploring these effects further in Study 4, we find no evidence that the opportunity for improvement influences whether self-concept change is positively or negatively biased. In sum, the present research provides consistent evidence for a negativity bias in self-concept change, investigates a theoretical explanation, and discusses alternative explanatory approaches. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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