Representations of the self in the near and distant future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204831 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheryl J Wakslak (0000-0002-9748-1896, New York University), Shiri Nussbaum (Tel Aviv University), Nira Liberman (0000-0002-7496-9434, Tel Aviv University), Yaacov Trope (0000-0003-1448-1960, New York University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 757-773 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0012939 |
| PMID | 18808258 |
| PMCID | PMC3153422 |
| OpenAlex | W2090423788 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 64 |
| References cited | 62 |
Seven studies provide evidence that representations of the self at a distant-future time point are more abstract and structured than are representations of the self at a near-future time point and that distant-future behaviors are more strongly related to general self-conceptions. Distant-future self-representations incorporate broader, more superordinate identities than do near-future self-representations (Study 1) and are characterized by less complexity (Study 2), more cross-situational consistency (Study 3), and a greater degree of schematicity (Study 4). Furthermore, people's behavioral predictions of their distant-future (vs. near-future) behavior are more strongly related to their general self-characteristics (Study 5), distant-future behaviors are seen as more self-expressive (Study 6), and distant-future behaviors that do not match up with acknowledged self-characteristics are more strongly rejected as reflections of the self (Study 7). Implications for understanding both the nature of the self-concept and the way in which distance may influence a range of self-processes are discussed
Cognitive psychology · Consistency (knowledge bases) · Point (geometry) · Self · Self-concept · Situational ethics · Superordinate goals · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Decisions for a future self
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The Absence of the Automatic Association between Behavioral Representation Level and Psychological Distance
The effects of psychological distance on abstraction
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Judgment and Decision Making
Psychological connectedness and intertemporal choice.
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Future self‐continuity
It's the Mind-Set that Matters
Possible Identities
There Are Many Ways to See the Forest for the Trees
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Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow
GLOMO sys
Vividness of the Future Self Predicts Delinquency
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L2 Motivation and Multilingual Identities
Age Differences in Self-Continuity in Germany and the United States
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Children’s altruism after recalling recent and distant morally-valenced behavior and the mediating role of guilt
Is either peripheral detail(s) or central feature(s) easy to mentally process
It’s the Thoughts That Count
The impact of construal level on review consistency and helpfulness in online evaluations
Leveraging Instagram to enhance self-esteem
When Future Leads to a Moral Present
The Role of Psychological Distance in Enhancing Identity-Relevant Brand Awareness
Picturing Your Life
Why the Door-in-the-Face Technique Can Sometimes Backfire
Abstraction Allows Susceptibility to the Perspective of Others
Power Increases Social Distance
Turning I into me
The college journey and academic engagement
This too shall pass
Construal level mind-sets moderate self- and social stereotyping
Missing the trees for the forest
Feeling close
An Implicit Stereotype of the Rich and Its Relation to Psychological Connectedness
Self-prospection and energization
Conversation with a future self
Future self-appraisals and global self-esteem
Temporal distance and accessibility of overt and covert trait-aspects in judgments of self and others
Implicit Attitudes Toward the Self Over Time
The Context-Sensitive Future Self
Saving for your future self
Future Organizational Identification
Cold and distant
Perspectives on Time and Personality
Fear of being single priming predicts maladaptive relationship pursuits
Perceptions and experiences of science among diverse adolescent youth during Covid-19
The inner speech of behavioral regulation
What will I be? The role of temporal perspective in predictions of affect, traits, and self-narratives
Who can't take a compliment? The role of construal level and self-esteem in accepting positive feedback from close others
The experience of cognitive dissonance in important and trivial domains
Distanced self-talk changes how people conceptualize the self
Abstract construal levels attenuate state self-esteem reactivity
Cognitive consequences of affirming the self
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Abstraction increases hypocrisy
Pleasure now, meaning later
Understanding the Link Between Spatial Distance and Social Distance
Handbook of Social Psychology
The principles of psychology.
Construal Levels and Psychological Distance
Mini-Markers
The association between psychological distance and construal level
On predicting some of the people some of the time
Spatial Distance and Mental Construal of Social Events
The identity function of autobiographical memory
The Dynamic Self-Concept
Self-Complexity and Affective Extremity
On Multiple Realities
Seeing the forest when entry is unlikely
A cognitive-affective system theory of personality
A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality.
Temporal construal.
Self-Perception Theory
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
The perception-behavior expressway
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On models and vases
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The attribution of attitudes
Expectations of consistency about the self
The influence of abstract and concrete mindsets on anticipating and guiding others' self-regulatory efforts
When values matter
Personality trait structure as a human universal
Trait self and true self
Abstract and concrete self-evaluative goals
The role of facial response in the experience of emotion
An examination of self-perception mediation of the foot-in-the-door effect
Self-complexity as a cognitive buffer against stress-related illness and depression
The role of feasibility and desirability considerations in near and distant future decisions
Social influence effects on automatic racial prejudice
Creeping dispositionism
Likableness ratings of 555 personality-trait words
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Self-schemata and processing information about the self
"The "self digest
Knowing what you'll do
The influence of individual versus aggregate social comparison and the presence of others on self-evaluations
Self-perception of humor
Social Tuning of the Self
The waxing and waning of the social self
The Pros and Cons of Temporally Near and Distant Action
Construal levels and self-control
Unrealistic optimism about future life events
Here's Looking at Me
Illusion and well-being
Behavioral Study of obedience
Social identity and intergroup behaviour
Mind, Self, and Society
I Am a Student
| Unique citing works | 64 |
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| Citations per year | 3,56 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 57 |