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| Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2002): |
It feels like yesterday: self-esteem, valence of personal past experiences, and judgments of subjective distance.
Full Abstract
Supporting predictions from temporal self-appraisal theory, participants in 3 studies reported feeling farther from former selves and experiences with unfavorable implications for their current self-view than from equally distant selves and experiences with flattering implications. This distancing bias occurred when assignment to negative and positive pasts was random, for both achievement and social outcomes and for single episodes as well as longer term experiences. Consistent with a motivational interpretation, the distancing bias was stronger among high than low self-esteem participants and occurred for personal but not for acquaintances' past events. Frequency of rehearsal and ease of recall of past episodes also predicted feelings of distance, but these variables did not account for the Self-Esteem x Valence interaction on subjective distancing of personal events.
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Author information
Author/s: Ross, Michael (M); Wilson, Anne E (AE);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. mross(-atsign-)uwaterloo.ca
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology (J Pers Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-May; vol 82 (issue 5) : pp 792-803
Dates: Created 2002/05/10; Completed 2002/10/24; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12003478, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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