| Autor: |
Allen, Bern P., Potkay, Charles R., Allen, B P, Potkay, C R |
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Journal of Personality; Jun77, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p207-219, 13p |
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The article presents information on a longitudinal study conducted by the authors to analyze the relationship between Adjective Generation Technique (AGT), self-description and significant life events. Using the AGT, self-descriptions of individuals were shown to vary markedly even on a day-to-day basis. The AGT simply involves having subjects write down five adjectives that best describe themselves at a given point in time. Additional AGT findings have suggested that the variability observed in longitudinal subject descriptions may be traced to identifiable situational influences external to the individual. Analysis of variance revealed a close relationship between significant event favorability and AGT favorability such that when favorable events occurred subjects generated much more favorable self-descriptions than when unfavorable events occurred. The results could be viewed on a more basic empirical level, in terms of the degree to which "what happens to people" predicts their self-descriptions. From this point of view the results indicate that indices of favorability of "significant events" can be useful in predicting how individuals regard themselves. |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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