Defining and Measuring Self-Concept Change

A longitudinal survey study was conducted to examine which strategies for reducing cognitive dissonance were used among men engaging in infidelity. Data were collected in two waves, 1 month apart ( n time1 = 1514, n time2 = 425), from a sample of male users of Ashley Madison, a “married dating” site targeting users who are seeking to engage in infidelity. Because perpetrators of infidelity may justify their behaviors differently depending on whether they cheated in an online environment, both online and offline infidelity behaviors were considered. Results indicated that attitude change and self-concept change were positively related to online infidelity, while only self-concept change was positively related to offline infidelity, suggesting their differential effectiveness for various communication media. Self-concept change, attitude change, and denial of responsibility were negatively related to psychological discomfort and perceived negative impact at time 2, indicating their relative success for reducing negative psychological outcomes compared to other strategies such as adding consonant cognitions.

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Group psychotherapy focusing on self-concept change following acquired brain injury: A pilot investigation.

Rehabilitation Psychology ◽

10.1037/0090-5550.51.1.30 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 30-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Chad D. Vickery ◽

Samuel T. Gontkovsky ◽

Jeanette J. Wallace ◽

Jerome S. Caroselli

Keyword(s):

Brain Injury ◽

Group Psychotherapy ◽

Acquired Brain Injury ◽

Self Concept ◽

Pilot Investigation ◽

Concept Change

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Factors Associated with Self-Concept Change in Student Teachers

The Journal of Educational Research ◽

10.1080/00220671.1969.10883841 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 62 (6) ◽

pp. 275-278 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Wayne Dumas

Keyword(s):

Student Teachers ◽

Self Concept ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Concept Change

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Out With the Old, In With the New? How Changes in Close Relationships Change the Self

Journal of Relationships Research ◽

10.1017/jrr.2018.12 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Jonathan S. Gore ◽

Damon Tichenor

Keyword(s):

Big Five ◽

Close Relationships ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Personality Profiles ◽

Personality Measure ◽

Time Points ◽

Concept Change

AbstractTwo studies investigated how the development and maintenance of old and new relationships predict spontaneous and reactive self-concept change. For Study 1 (n = 143), freshmen in their first 8 weeks of college completed a Twenty Statements Test (TST), and indicated how close they felt in their established and new relationships. Eight weeks later, they indicated which aspects on the TST had changed. The results showed that closeness to old relationships at Time 1 predicted fewer deletions to their Time 2 TST, whereas closeness to new relationships at Time 1 predicted more additions to their Time 2 TST. For Study 2 (n = 195), participants completed a Big Five personality measure and closeness measure at two time points. The results showed that decreased closeness in old relationships at Time 2 predicted overall change to personality profiles. Implications for the link between relationships and self-concept change are discussed.

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A snap of your true self: How self-presentation and temporal affordance influence self-concept on social media

New Media & Society ◽

10.1177/1461444820977199 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 146144482097719

Author(s):

Sukyoung Choi ◽

Dmitri Williams ◽

Hyeok Kim

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Impression Management ◽

Self Concept ◽

True Self ◽

Opposite Pattern ◽

Self Presentation ◽

Rival Theory ◽

Temporal Features ◽

Public Commitment ◽

Concept Change

This study examined how self-presentation on social media influences the way people view themselves. It also examined whether that varies with sites using two temporal features: posts which have a short life (ephemeral) and those which live indefinitely (permanent). Drawing on both the notion of public commitment and self-symbolizing, our experiment provided a critical test of two rival theory-driven hypotheses—one suggesting a greater internalization of presented self on permanent rather than ephemeral social media and the other suggesting the opposite pattern. Supporting the self-symbolizing perspective, those who publicly presented themselves on ephemeral social media internalized their portrayed personality. Also, such a difference in internalization between the two conditions was triggered by an introverted self-presentation. Results suggest that ephemerality enhances self-symbolizing efforts and the subsequent internalization by affording nonstrategic self-presentation and reducing impression management concerns. Implications for understanding self-concept change in social media contexts are discussed.

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Self-Concept Change in Ministers and Missionaries

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/009164717300100305 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 28-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Roland Fleck ◽

Alan R. McThomas ◽

Lawrence F. Nielsen ◽

Donald G. Shumaker

Keyword(s):

Significant Negative Correlation ◽

Self Concept ◽

Initial Finding ◽

Personal Orientation Inventory ◽

Group Data ◽

Scale Scores ◽

Measured Change ◽

Concept Change ◽

Personal Orientation ◽

Tennessee Self Concept Scale

41 and 39 Ss participating in two different 3 1/2 week seminars focusing on psychological and theological growth experiences were pre and post-tested with three personality scales: The Tennessee Self Concept Scale, Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, and Personal Orientation Inventory. The study attempted to measure Ss’ behavior change through pretest-posttest differences. A hypothesis of no significant measured change was supported in the results of two tests (Tennessee Self Concept Scale and Rokeach Dogmatism Scale). However, the Ss showed significant change on most of the 12 scales of the Personal Orientation Inventory. Further analysis on the first group revealed that a significant negative correlation (r = −.40, p<.01) existed between the Dogmatism Scale scores and change on the Total P scale of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. However, this initial finding is not supported by the second group data (r = −.10, p>.05).

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