Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations

Frontiers in Psychology

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Lieke M. J. Swinkels¹  Hidde Gramser¹  Eni S. Becker¹  Mike Rinck¹ 

[1] Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University

关键词: approach-avoidance task;    self-approach;    self-portraits;    self-evaluations;    AAT;    Rosenberg self-esteem scale;    implicit association test;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00309

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

We used a newly developed Self-Approach-Avoidance Task (Self-AAT) to measure self-approach tendencies in female students. In this task, participants use a joystick to pull portraits of themselves and of others closer or to push them away. In the three studies, we found a significant self-approach tendency: participants were faster to pull mirror-imaged portraits of themselves closer than to push them away. This approach tendency was reduced for non-mirrored self-portraits, and absent for control pictures showing unknown males, unknown females, or empty backgrounds. Moreover, in two out of the three studies, the self-approach tendency was weakly related to explicit self-valuations measured with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and in one out of two studies, it was related to implicit self-evaluations measured with the Implicit Association Task (IAT). Implications and potential applications of the findings are discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY