When I Think of You I Project Myself

Examining Idiographic Goals From the Perspective of Self and Other

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21210033
AutoresWilliam L Dunlop (0000-0003-3989-8156, University of California, Riverside, autor de correspondencia), Tara P Mccoy (University of California, Riverside), Nicole Harake (0000-0003-3750-8185, University of California, Riverside), Jacob S Gray (0000-0003-1988-9498, University of California, Riverside), Jacob Gray (Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA)
Año2018
Volumen9
Número5
Páginas586-594
Fecha de publicación2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Psychological and Personality Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1948-5506 • E-ISSN: 1948-5514
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1948550617715069
OpenAlexW2663700705
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas25

Across two studies, we examined the correspondence between targets’ idiographic goals and the goals attributed to them by their social contacts. In both studies, targets listed their personal goals while informants specified the goals they believed targets were pursuing. Target and informant ratings of interpersonal closeness were also collected. Furthermore, in Study 2, informants listed the goals that they themselves were currently pursuing. All goals were coded for motive-based (e.g., power) and domain-based (e.g., health) content. Informant and target reports were largely unrelated and relationship closeness did not moderate this association, although self–other agreement was noted in one domain-based category. In Study 2, the content of informants’ other-attributed goals was strongly predicted by the content of their self-attributed goals. Thus, when individuals perceive the goals and motivations of others, they tend to project their own motivational proclivities

Closeness · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Nomothetic and idiographic · Psychotherapist · Social comparison theory · Cultural Differences and Values · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology