On the premise that individuals are inclined to self-enhance, in temporal self-appraisal (TSA) theory it is suggested that people can motivationally reconstruct subjective distances from their past self to serve that goal. However, given the mixed evidence found in an East Asian cultural context (i.e., Japan), it is important to test the cultural applicability of TSA in a different East Asian culture. Thus we tested the TSA of a Chinese sample, focusing on past-self distance reconstruction. The results supported the prediction suggested in TSA theory, in that participants tended to feel farther away from negative (vs. positive) past experiences. Further, this effect was greater when people were primed with a self-threat (i.e., self-uncertai...
Young adults in the United States, Croatia, and China described personal episodes of times when they...
Abstract Young adults in the United States, Croatia, and China described personal episodes of times ...
Previous research has shown that (a) when individuals are pressed to justify their persistence throu...
On the premise that individuals are inclined to self-enhance, in temporal self-appraisal (TSA) theor...
Temporal self-appraisal theory (Ross & Wilson, 2002; Wilson & Ross, 2001) states that individuals ev...
Although the explicit attitudes of Chinese people toward the self over time are known (i.e., past = ...
Research on autobiographical remembering has shown the intertwined relationship between the self and...
Research has shown that Westerners expect less change to occur in the future than they recall having...
Research has shown that Westerners expect less change to occur in the future than they recall having...
Kam, Chun Seng.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.Includes bibliographical refe...
Research in the past 2 decades has made great strides in understanding cross-cultural differences in...
Research in the past 2 decades has made great strides in understanding cross-cultural differences in...
According to uncertainty management theory, people try to cope with their uncertainties in the face ...
Delay discounting describes the phenomenon whereby the subjective value of a reward declines as the ...
Item removed from eCommons on 2012-05-17 at the request of the Department of Human Development, Coll...
Young adults in the United States, Croatia, and China described personal episodes of times when they...
Abstract Young adults in the United States, Croatia, and China described personal episodes of times ...
Previous research has shown that (a) when individuals are pressed to justify their persistence throu...
On the premise that individuals are inclined to self-enhance, in temporal self-appraisal (TSA) theor...
Temporal self-appraisal theory (Ross & Wilson, 2002; Wilson & Ross, 2001) states that individuals ev...
Although the explicit attitudes of Chinese people toward the self over time are known (i.e., past = ...
Research on autobiographical remembering has shown the intertwined relationship between the self and...
Research has shown that Westerners expect less change to occur in the future than they recall having...
Research has shown that Westerners expect less change to occur in the future than they recall having...
Kam, Chun Seng.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.Includes bibliographical refe...
Research in the past 2 decades has made great strides in understanding cross-cultural differences in...
Research in the past 2 decades has made great strides in understanding cross-cultural differences in...
According to uncertainty management theory, people try to cope with their uncertainties in the face ...
Delay discounting describes the phenomenon whereby the subjective value of a reward declines as the ...
Item removed from eCommons on 2012-05-17 at the request of the Department of Human Development, Coll...
Young adults in the United States, Croatia, and China described personal episodes of times when they...
Abstract Young adults in the United States, Croatia, and China described personal episodes of times ...
Previous research has shown that (a) when individuals are pressed to justify their persistence throu...