Do Autonomous Individuals Strive for Self-Positivity? Examining the Role of Autonomy in the Expression of Self-Enhancement

Autor:	Bridget P. Lynch, Erin M. O'Mara
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Mediation (statistics) media_common.quotation_subject Self-esteem Developmental psychology Expression (architecture) Psychological well-being Self-enhancement Psychology Association (psychology) Social psychology General Psychology Autonomy Self-determination theory media_common
Zdroj:	Self and Identity. 14:403-419
ISSN:	1529-8876 1529-8868
DOI:	10.1080/15298868.2015.1006244
Popis:	In an effort to further understand factors that influence the expression of self-enhancement, two studies explored the association between autonomy motivation and self-enhancement motivation. We hypothesized that autonomy is positively associated with approach-oriented self-enhancement strategies and negatively associated with avoidance-oriented self-enhancement strategies, and that self-enhancement would mediate the association between autonomy and psychological well-being. In Study 1, participants completed a measure of self-enhancement strategies and a measure of autonomy. Autonomy was positively associated with approach-oriented—but negatively associated with avoidance-oriented—self-enhancement strategies. In Study 2, participants completed the same measures of autonomy and self-enhancement, plus measures of psychological well-being. In addition to replicating the findings of Study 1, the mediation analyses suggested that autonomy was positively associated with psychological well-being through approac...
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