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Implicit and explicit motivated self-perception as hypothesis-driven self-construal
Kaufmann, Leah M. Sojo, Victor E. Genat, Anna E. Wheeler, Melissa A. Wood, Robert E.
Kaufmann, Leah M.
Sojo, Victor E.
Genat, Anna E.
Wheeler, Melissa A.
Wood, Robert E.
Abstract
Motivated Self-Perception (MSP) facilitates the positive perception of the self via the endorsement of desirable characteristics, selective recall of autobiographical memories, and performance of desirable behaviour. Peters and Gawronski (2011) proposed a model of MSP as “hypothesis-driven” self-construal integrating implicit and explicit self-concepts, motivation, and autobiographical memory. The current study provides the first complete test of this model. One hundred and twenty-seven participants read a summary of a fictional study before completing measures of motivation, personality self-ratings, autobiographical memory, and implicit self-personality associations. Explicit self-concept, autobiographical memory, and the implicit self-personality association were affected by the manipulation, consistent with predictions. Results also revealed that implicit self-personality associations were predicted by motivation and autobiographical memory, providing evidence for the proposed model of MSP, and further evidence for the interconnectedness of implicit and explicit self-constructs. Finally, these results are interpreted as evidence for the effect of MSP-based self-enhancement across all levels of the self.
Keywords
motivated self-perception, implicit self-concept, hypothesis-driven self-construal, personality, autobiographical memory
Date
2017
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Journal article
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences
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Volume
116
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Page Range
252-257
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School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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