The present study examined the association between community service and identity development in middle adolescence. The quantitative component of the study was first conducted to investigate the r...
Self-enhancement may exacerbate ingroup favoritism. What if, rather than self-enhancement, individuals focused on enhancing others? Could this reduce prejudice? Three studies tested the impact of s...
#2E. Samuel Winer(MSU: Mississippi State University)H-Index: 14
Last. David K. Marcus(WSU: Washington State University)H-Index: 34
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The narcissistic admiration and rivalry concept (NARC) model of grandiose narcissism posits that striving for uniqueness, grandiose fantasies, and charmingness define narcissistic admiration, where...
Individuals may engage in immoral behavior to achieve the ends they desire. Two studies (total N = 1257) investigated whether the impact of such goal-directed immoral behavior on self-perceived aut...
Forming an identity is a critical developmental task that is affected by important people in an individual’s social environment, such as friends and family members. This investigation compared whet...
Last. Oscar Ybarra(UIUC: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)
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Social network sites (SNSs) allow young people to experiment with and present different aspects of themselves during important periods of self-concept development. Interestingly, whether SNSs have ...
#1Isabelle Roskam(UCL: Université catholique de Louvain)H-Index: 22
#2Pierre Philippot(UCL: Université catholique de Louvain)H-Index: 70
Last. Moïra Mikolajczak(UCL: Université catholique de Louvain)H-Index: 51
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Because research has shown systematic associations between self-discrepancies and several psychological disorders, self-discrepancy is considered as a transdiagnostic factor in psychopathology. The current research contributes to the literature by testing both cross-sectionally and longitudinally the role of self-discrepancies in parental burnout, an exhaustion disorder in the parenting domain where standards are high and prescriptions numerous. In three studies (including a prospective one; N-1...
#2Russell Spears(UG: University of Groningen)H-Index: 98
The present research examined the role of social norms as a determining source of ingroup favoritism in minimal groups. Across three studies (total N = 814), results showed that ingroup favoritism ...