Behavioural consequences of motivated self-concept change

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• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 101 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0046-2772
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199803/04)28:2<281::aid-ejsp856>3.0.co;2-m

✦ Synopsis

The present study examines how motivated self-concept changes are re¯ected in actual behaviour. Subjects were led to believe that either extroversion or introversion was related to success. Their preferences for others as interaction partners were then examined. The ®ndings suggest that people seek others who con®rmed the belief that they possessed the success-related attribute. Self-veri®cation, as a possible strategy to con®rm a desired self, was partially supported.