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Viewing time through the lens of the self: The fit effect of self-construal and temporal distance on task perception.
- Source :
- European Journal of Social Psychology; Mar2011, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p191-200, 10p, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This paper describes how different self-construals influence people's perception of temporal distance and in turn their task evaluation. We hypothesize that people with a more accessible interdependent (vs. independent) self-construal perceive future events as temporally more proximal, and that people's reaction toward a task is intensified when the temporal distance to the task matches (vs. mismatches) their self-construal. Across four studies, we showed that individuals with a more accessible interdependent self-construal (Study 1) and East Asians (Study 2) perceived future events as more proximal than those with a more accessible independent self-construal and European Americans. Further, when considering a task at a temporal distance that fits their self-construal, individuals perceived a pleasant task as more motivating (Study 3) and an unpleasant task as less motivating (Study 4). Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00462772
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58568843
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.765