Quantifying self-motives: functional links between dispositional desires
Quantifying self-motives: functional links between dispositional desires
Previous research has sought to establish the existence, or gauge the relative strength, of key self-evaluation motives (i.e., self-enhancement, self-verification, self-assessment, self-improvement). Here, we attempted, across five samples, to quantify individual differences in self-motive strength, and explore their empirical ramifications. We devised brief self-report indices for each self-motive, and checked their factor structure, reliability, and validity. We found that self-enhancement covaried mainly with self-verification, and that self-assessment covaried mainly with self-improvement, thus validating key hypotheses regarding their functional links. Moreover, self-enhancement and self-verification covaried with positive personality traits, as well as with preferences for receiving positive feedback and perceptions of its accuracy. In sum, self-reported variations in dispositional self-motive strength form theoretically meaningful patterns.
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Gregg, Aiden P.
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Hepper, Erica G.
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Sedikides, Constantine
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December 2011
Gregg, Aiden P.
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Hepper, Erica G.
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Gregg, Aiden P., Hepper, Erica G. and Sedikides, Constantine
(2011)
Quantifying self-motives: functional links between dispositional desires.
European Journal of Social Psychology, 41 (7), .
(doi:10.1002/ejsp.827).
Abstract
Previous research has sought to establish the existence, or gauge the relative strength, of key self-evaluation motives (i.e., self-enhancement, self-verification, self-assessment, self-improvement). Here, we attempted, across five samples, to quantify individual differences in self-motive strength, and explore their empirical ramifications. We devised brief self-report indices for each self-motive, and checked their factor structure, reliability, and validity. We found that self-enhancement covaried mainly with self-verification, and that self-assessment covaried mainly with self-improvement, thus validating key hypotheses regarding their functional links. Moreover, self-enhancement and self-verification covaried with positive personality traits, as well as with preferences for receiving positive feedback and perceptions of its accuracy. In sum, self-reported variations in dispositional self-motive strength form theoretically meaningful patterns.
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 May 2011
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 July 2011
Published date: December 2011
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Human Wellbeing
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/183853
ISSN: 0046-2772
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