Changes in Self-Definition [electronic resource] : A Self-Evaluation Maintenance Strategy / Abraham Tesser and Jennifer Campbell.
This paper describes the Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model (SEM), developed by psychologists to learn more about stability and change in self-definition. An initial section discusses the situational-motivational processes assumed necessary for individuals to maintain a positive self-evaluation, i.e....
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This paper describes the Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model (SEM), developed by psychologists to learn more about stability and change in self-definition. An initial section discusses the situational-motivational processes assumed necessary for individuals to maintain a positive self-evaluation, i.e., a reflection process and a comparison process. Experimental tests of the model along with research results are explained. An interpretational questions, dealing with public versus private self-evaluation maintenance, is discussed. A final section discusses the SEM model in relation to other approaches to self-definition, i.e., the situational and the ontogenetic. Directions for future research are indicated. (PAS) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED226263. Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Contract Number: NSF-BNS-80037ll. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (90th, Washington, DC, August 23-27, 1982). |
| Physical Description: | 10 p. |