I Want to Be Like You

Self-Regulation in the Development of the Social Self

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5338880
AutoresChristina Matschke (0000-0002-1085-3862), Kai Sassenberg (0000-0001-6579-8250)
Año2012
Volumen43
Número3
Páginas115-126
Fecha de publicación2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590
EditorialHogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1027/1864-9335/a000090
OpenAlexW2174928309
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas49

Entering a new group provides the potential of forming a new social identity. Starting from self-regulation models, we propose that goals (e.g., internal motivation to enter the group), strategies (e.g., approach and avoidance strategies), and events (e.g., the group's response) affect the development of the social self. In two studies we manipulated the group's response (acceptance vs. rejection) and assessed internal motivation as well as approach and avoidance strategies. It was expected, and we found, that when newcomers are accepted, their use of approach strategies (but not avoidance strategies) facilitates social identification. In line with self-completion theory, for highly internally motivated individuals approach strategies facilitated social identification even upon rejection. The results underline the active role of newcomers in their social identity development

Affect (linguistics) · Group identification · Identification (biology) · Identity (music) · Social comparison theory · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology