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Article: Self-concept clarity lays the foundation for self-continuity: The restorative function of autobiographical memory
Title | Self-concept clarity lays the foundation for self-continuity: The restorative function of autobiographical memory |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Autobiographical memory Restorative memory Self-concept clarity Self-continuity |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/psp.html |
Citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2020, v. 119 n. 4, p. 945-959 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In the article, the first phrase of the second sentence of Study 1 should appear as “This study begins to test H1”. The third sentence of the Participants and design section of Study 5 should read as follows: We excluded seven participants for not completing the study, and 13 for not following instructions (on participant in the autobiographical memory condition wrote: “Future of the country,” “Childrens future,” “Economy,” “Finances,” “Finding a job I enjoy,” “Health,” “Comfort,” “I would talk about my travels,” “My experience with family issues”). In the Manipulation check section of Study 6 and Study 7, participants instead reported lower self-concept clarity. In the third sentence in the second paragraph of the Low self-concept clarity, autobiographical memory, and self-continuity section of Study 6, the first instance of the word participants should be deleted. The third sentence of the Procedure and material section of Study 7 should read as follows: “in the control condition, they wrote in favor of environmental protection.” Additional corrections are provided in the erratum. All versions of this article have been corrected.] The current research concerns the relations among self-concept clarity, autobiographic memory, and self-continuity. We hypothesized, and tested in 7 studies, that low self-concept clarity would disrupt self-continuity, but resorting to autobiographic memory would counter this disruption, thus restoring self-continuity. In Studies 1 and 2, low or threatened self-concept clarity was associated with decreased, or led to a decrease of, self-continuity. In Study 3, participants low (vs. high) in self-concept clarity manifested a stronger preference for an autobiographical memory task (but not for a control task). In Study 4, a suppressed mediational model of autobiographical memory received empirical backing: Threatened self-concept clarity decreased self-continuity, but also increased the propensity to evoke autobiographical memory, which fostered self-continuity. By manipulating autobiographical memory in different ways, Studies 5 through 7 provided additional direct evidence for the capacity of autobiographical memory to restore self-continuity. Taken together, the results converge in support of the hypothesis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved) |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/276284 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.610 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jiang, T | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sedikides, C | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-10T02:59:48Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-10T02:59:48Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2020, v. 119 n. 4, p. 945-959 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3514 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/276284 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In the article, the first phrase of the second sentence of Study 1 should appear as “This study begins to test H1”. The third sentence of the Participants and design section of Study 5 should read as follows: We excluded seven participants for not completing the study, and 13 for not following instructions (on participant in the autobiographical memory condition wrote: “Future of the country,” “Childrens future,” “Economy,” “Finances,” “Finding a job I enjoy,” “Health,” “Comfort,” “I would talk about my travels,” “My experience with family issues”). In the Manipulation check section of Study 6 and Study 7, participants instead reported lower self-concept clarity. In the third sentence in the second paragraph of the Low self-concept clarity, autobiographical memory, and self-continuity section of Study 6, the first instance of the word participants should be deleted. The third sentence of the Procedure and material section of Study 7 should read as follows: “in the control condition, they wrote in favor of environmental protection.” Additional corrections are provided in the erratum. All versions of this article have been corrected.] The current research concerns the relations among self-concept clarity, autobiographic memory, and self-continuity. We hypothesized, and tested in 7 studies, that low self-concept clarity would disrupt self-continuity, but resorting to autobiographic memory would counter this disruption, thus restoring self-continuity. In Studies 1 and 2, low or threatened self-concept clarity was associated with decreased, or led to a decrease of, self-continuity. In Study 3, participants low (vs. high) in self-concept clarity manifested a stronger preference for an autobiographical memory task (but not for a control task). In Study 4, a suppressed mediational model of autobiographical memory received empirical backing: Threatened self-concept clarity decreased self-continuity, but also increased the propensity to evoke autobiographical memory, which fostered self-continuity. By manipulating autobiographical memory in different ways, Studies 5 through 7 provided additional direct evidence for the capacity of autobiographical memory to restore self-continuity. Taken together, the results converge in support of the hypothesis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved) | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/psp.html | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | - |
dc.rights | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Copyright © American Psychological Association. | - |
dc.rights | This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. | - |
dc.subject | Autobiographical memory | - |
dc.subject | Restorative memory | - |
dc.subject | Self-concept clarity | - |
dc.subject | Self-continuity | - |
dc.title | Self-concept clarity lays the foundation for self-continuity: The restorative function of autobiographical memory | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chen, Z: chenz@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chen, Z=rp00629 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1037/pspp0000259 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85081263329 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 304867 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 119 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 945 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 959 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000569349600010 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.relation.erratum | doi:10.1037/pspp0000267 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-3514 | - |