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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"self-verification"”.
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Self-presentation on social media – when self-enhancement confronts self-verification in a virtual public space
… examined the impact of social media on people’s self-evaluation (e.g. Valkenburg, Peter & Schouten, 2006; Vogel, Rose, Roberts & Eckles, 2014; Gonzales & Hancock, 2009). However, there has not been any research that examined this issue from the perspective of psychological motives – that is, what …
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Interpersonal functioning and depression: Reassurance seeking, negative self-verification, and the integration of sociotropic and autonomous personality styles.
… symptoms. Reassurance-seeking and negative self-verification are two theoretically based moderators of the rejection-depression relationship. Sociotropy and autonomy are two personality styles believed to influence individuals' perceptions of social interactions and interpersonal …
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Identity Verification and Conflict in Distributed Teams
Previous studies have explored self-verification theory to explain the relationship between self-verification and relationship conflict in collocated teams. This study expanded the application of self-verification theory in distributed team environments. More specifically, this study investigated …
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Believing you have it worse than others: maximization- a coping strategy
… is defined as the process of comparing oneself to others on the number or intensity of negative life events one is experiencing, with the goal of finding that one is experiencing more or worse negative life events in comparison to others. It was hypothesized that maximization arises, in …
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"What Do You Really Think of Me?": The Role of Feedback-Seeking on Romantic Dating Relationships Among Depression-Vulnerable Women
… The interpersonal theory of depression and the self-verification theory have been used to describe interactional processes that can lead to, maintain, or exacerbate depressive symptoms and contribute to relationship distress. This study explored how the interpersonal behaviors indicated by the …
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Running Identities and Interaction Ritual Chains
… which individuals are able to use as part of the self-verification process.
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Positive Self-Talk Statements as a Self-Esteem Building Technique among Female Survivors of Abuse.
… and among females in abusive relationships, self-esteem, and positive self-talk. Various models are discussed that provide possible explanations in the understanding of the complex social and psychological nature of cyclic abuse. These models are: learned helplessness, psychological …
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Signaling Dynamic Authenticity as a Leader
… leader. At its core, authenticity involves being self-referential. It implies that knowing oneself is a prerequisite to being true to oneself. One’s numerous selves morph into self-concepts and build an individual’s self-monitoring personality, interconnected with one’s impression management. …
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A Unified Theory of Consumer Response to Self-Concept Threat
… This chapter presents a unifying model of self-concept threat. Through the integration of extant literature and the adaptation of a novel theoretical perspective, chapter one makes the critical proposal that self-concept threats are best understood when defined by the specific associations …
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Discrepant Self-Perceptions as Predictors of Rule Violating Behavior Among Juvenile Offenders
… have examined discrepancies between youths’ self-perceptions and others’ ratings across different domains of competence (i.e. academic, behavior, social) (e.g., Jia, Jiang, & Mikami, 2016; Kistner, 2006; Owens et al., 2007) and it is well-established that discrepant self-perceptions are risk …
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EXPLORING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTIONS, SELF-EVALUATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INCOME FAIRNESS
Background: Using the self-evaluation theory of legitimation (Della Fave, 1980; Shepelak, 1987; Shepelak and Alwin, 1986; Stolte, 1983, 1987) and the work of Matthew O. Hunt (1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007; Hunt et al., 2000; Hunt and Wilson, 2009; Merolla, Hunt and Serpe, 2011), this study sought to …
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False memory production: effects of self-consistent false information and motivated cognition
… received intense public scrutiny. Based upon self-schema (Markus, 1977) and self-verification (Swann, 1987) theories, two studies were conducted to investigate the hypothesis that a self-schema guides cognitive processing of self-relevant information and thereby influences the construction of …
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Examination of the explanatory role of self-evaluation motives when studying feedback-seeking behavior in organizations
… are threefold. First, on the basis of the self-motives framework, we aimed to identify new antecedents of feedback-seeking behavior. Second, we took a closer look at unresolved issues from previous feedback research by considering the explanatory role of self-motives. Third, we aimed to …
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Investigating the Relationship Between Verifying Feedback and Loneliness: A Social Exchange Perspective
<p>This research explores the relationship between loneliness and verifying feedback, both of which are associated with relationship dissatisfaction. Loneliness is an experience caused by relationship dissatisfaction, and the absence of verifying feedback can contribute to relationship …
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A world class manufacturing model for South Africa
… of science as the most suitable because of its self verification characteristics. The method of science, as described by Revans and Peirce, is weighed against the learning cycles of Handy and Kolb, as well as Ryan's framework. From the synthesis of these works emerged a framework for managerial …