The Hero Within
Inclusion of Heroes into the Self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15411562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael P Sullivan (Belmont University, corresponding author), Anré Venter (University of Notre Dame) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-111 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Self and Identity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-8868 • E-ISSN: 1529-8876 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13576500444000191 |
| OpenAlex | W2162534442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 17 |
Despite the commonly accepted belief that people are influenced by their heroes, researchers have yet to examine the process by which this occurs. The current study examined whether the process of inclusion-of-other-in-self (IOS; Aron & Aron, 1986 Aron A Aron EN 1986 Love and the expansion of self: Understanding attraction and satisfaction New York, NY: Hemisphere [Google Scholar]), previously used to describe how significant others and social groups influence individuals' self-concepts, can explain individuals' connections to cultural heroes. A Stroop-like self-description test used previously to test IOS was presented to 63 participants. As expected, information about people's heroes affected their ability to complete self-descriptions whereas information about comparable non-heroes did not. Implications of these findings are discussed in the context of self-concept research
Cognition · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · HERO · Inclusion (mineral · Self · Stroop effect · Test (biology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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Overlap between Mental Representations of Self and Brand
The heroic self under stress
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On Boredom and Perceptions of Heroes
The Personal Hero Technique
Impacts of character morality on egocentric projection and identification
Facework as self-heroicisation
Love and the expansion of self
The principles of psychology.
The varieties of religious experience
The Dynamic Self-Concept
Collective search for identity
An In-Group Becomes Part of the Self
Possible selves
The Hero in America
A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
Close relationships as including other in the self
Likableness ratings of 555 personality-trait words
Superstars and me
Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness
A Theory of Metamotivation
Methods for dealing with reaction time outliers
Application of hierarchical linear models to assessing change
For better or worse
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,94 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |