Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type
Decades of research have demonstrated self-verification strivings among individuals, with individuals motivated to be viewed upon consistently across dimensions of the “self” – the personal self and the social self. Nonetheless, past studies have examined self-verification on each “self” separately,...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2019
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77174 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Decades of research have demonstrated self-verification strivings among individuals, with individuals motivated to be viewed upon consistently across dimensions of the “self” – the personal self and the social self. Nonetheless, past studies have examined self-verification on each “self” separately, where the effect of discrepancies between the two selves on desire for self-verification have yet been considered. To fill this gap, the current study thus examined the relationship between self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type on individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. It was hypothesized that when individuals anticipated an interaction where one would be perceived stereotypically (social self salience anticipated interaction condition), the lower the self-descriptiveness of the stereotype, the greater the individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. Also, it was hypothesized that when individuals anticipated an interaction where one would be perceived as an individual (personal self salience anticipated interaction condition), self-descriptiveness of stereotype would have no effect on individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. Contrary to the hypothesis, findings showed that individuals’ desired personal self-verification at similarly high intensities regardless of whether they anticipated being perceived stereotypically or not. Links to factors that motivate self-verification, methodological considerations of the study, as well as new directions for future research are discussed. |
|---|