Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations
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 te...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b20648019e64a729639281e2c1b8e362022-12-22T00:15:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-02-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.00309437264Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-EvaluationsLieke M. J. SwinkelsHidde GramserEni S. BeckerMike RinckWe 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00309/fullapproach-avoidance taskself-approachself-portraitsself-evaluationsAATRosenberg self-esteem scale |
| spellingShingle | Lieke M. J. Swinkels Hidde Gramser Eni S. Becker Mike Rinck Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations Frontiers in Psychology approach-avoidance task self-approach self-portraits self-evaluations AAT Rosenberg self-esteem scale |
| title | Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations |
| title_full | Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations |
| title_fullStr | Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations |
| title_short | Self-Approach Tendencies: Relations With Explicit and Implicit Self-Evaluations |
| title_sort | self approach tendencies relations with explicit and implicit self evaluations |
| topic | approach-avoidance task self-approach self-portraits self-evaluations AAT Rosenberg self-esteem scale |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00309/full |
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