Thinking about oneself and others: the relational-interdependent self-construal and social cognition.

Full Abstract

These studies focus on the relational-interdependent self-construal's association with implicit or indirect cognitive processes. In the relational-interdependent self-construal, the self is defined largely in terms of close relationships, resulting in variation in self-related processes. In Studies 1 and 2, the relational self-construal was associated with positive implicit evaluations of relational concepts and with tightly organized cognitive networks of relational terms. Studies 3 and 4 demonstrated that this self-construal was associated with memory for and implicit organization of relational information. In Studies 5 and 6, the relational self-construal was positively related to the degree to which participants described themselves and a friend similarly. The implications of the relational self-construal for theories of relationship cognition and for other self-related cognitive processes are discussed.

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Author information

Author/s: Cross, Susan E (SE); Morris, Michael L (ML); Gore, Jonathan S (JS);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA. scross(-atsign-)iastate.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology (J Pers Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 82 (issue 3) : pp 399-418

Dates: Created 2002/03/20; Completed 2002/09/20; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11902624, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Association
Association Learning
Cognition
Female
Humans
Male
Marriage - psychology
Mental Recall

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