Interpersonal Factors Underlying Self-Concept Change: Role of Sociotropy and Autonomy

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCann, C Douglas
dc.contributor.authorGalfi-Pechenkov, Ingrid
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-18T18:04:23Z
dc.date.available2024-03-18T18:04:23Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-16
dc.date.updated2024-03-16T10:38:33Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThe beliefs, ideas, and theories we have about ourselves (i.e., the "self-concept") are powerful determinants of how we think, feel, and act. This dissertation was interested in one aspect of the self-concept that is concerned with the need for relationships and positive interchanges with others and the need for independence and personal achievement (Beck, 1983). Beck (1983) termed these concerns sociotropy and autonomy. It has been theorized the self-concept can shift with situational demands (e.g., Beck et al., 2021). This dissertation employed Beck's (1983) sociotropy-autonomy model of personality as a framework to investigate interpersonal factors underlying change in self-concept content and mood. Four empirical studies looked at: a) the extent to which sociotropy-autonomy predict spontaneous self-concept content and mood, b) the effect of contextual cues about interpersonal orientation on patterns of spontaneous self-descriptions and mood, and c) participants' subjective interpretations of situation descriptions and elements that may be important in situation appraisals among sociotropic and autonomous individuals. A key finding was that for those scoring high on sociotropy, an increased focus on independent aspects of the self-concept was associated with less negative mood and negative self-descriptions, but may not have reflected a shift to individualistic views of the self-concept as previous research suggests. Results are discussed in terms of clinical, theory, and research implications. One implication of the results is that constructing the self-concept can be done more intentionally.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41917
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectSocial psychology
dc.subjectPersonality psychology
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-concept
dc.subject.keywordsPersonality
dc.subject.keywordsSociotropy and autonomy
dc.subject.keywordsMood
dc.subject.keywordsCognition
dc.subject.keywordsInterpersonal processes
dc.subject.keywordsSpontaneous assessment
dc.subject.keywordsDepression
dc.subject.keywordsDependency
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-view
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-perception
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-description
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive representations of the self
dc.subject.keywordsSocial orientation cues
dc.titleInterpersonal Factors Underlying Self-Concept Change: Role of Sociotropy and Autonomy
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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