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Chapter five – a three-tier hierarchy of self-potency: individual self, relational self, collective self

Chapter five – a three-tier hierarchy of self-potency: individual self, relational self, collective self
Chapter five – a three-tier hierarchy of self-potency: individual self, relational self, collective self
The self-system consists of three fundamental components: the individual self, the relational self, and the collective self. All selves are important and meaningful and all are associated with psychological and physical health benefits. However, the selves are not equally important and meaningful. We propose a three-tier hierarchy of the motivational potency of the self-system, with the individual self on top, followed somewhat closely by the relational self, and followed distantly by the collective self. Engaging in competitive testing, we conducted a variety of experiments in which we implemented diverse methods for controlling the accessibility of the selves, introduced different forms of threat or enhancement, sampled several relational and collective selves, measured the independent reaction of each self, and assessed an array of responses to threat or enhancement (e.g., mood, anger, distancing, impact of feedback, derogation of feedback, impact on life, sentiments of “real you,” goals, monetary allocations). The findings were consistent with the three-tier hierarchy of motivational self-potency.
self, identity, individual self, relational self, collective self, motivation, self-protection
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Sedikides, Constantine, Gaertner, Lowell, Luke, Michelle A., O’Mara, Erin M. and Gebauer, Jochen E. (2013) Chapter five – a three-tier hierarchy of self-potency: individual self, relational self, collective self. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 235-295. (doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-407188-9.00005-3).

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The self-system consists of three fundamental components: the individual self, the relational self, and the collective self. All selves are important and meaningful and all are associated with psychological and physical health benefits. However, the selves are not equally important and meaningful. We propose a three-tier hierarchy of the motivational potency of the self-system, with the individual self on top, followed somewhat closely by the relational self, and followed distantly by the collective self. Engaging in competitive testing, we conducted a variety of experiments in which we implemented diverse methods for controlling the accessibility of the selves, introduced different forms of threat or enhancement, sampled several relational and collective selves, measured the independent reaction of each self, and assessed an array of responses to threat or enhancement (e.g., mood, anger, distancing, impact of feedback, derogation of feedback, impact on life, sentiments of “real you,” goals, monetary allocations). The findings were consistent with the three-tier hierarchy of motivational self-potency.

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Published date: 2013
Keywords: self, identity, individual self, relational self, collective self, motivation, self-protection
Organisations: Psychology

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Local EPrints ID: 352984
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/352984
ISSN: 0065-2601
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ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Author: Lowell Gaertner
Author: Michelle A. Luke
Author: Erin M. O’Mara
Author: Jochen E. Gebauer

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