Self-Construal Priming Modulates Self-Evaluation under Social Threat

Self-Construal Priming Modulates Self-Evaluation under Social Threat

Previous studies have shown that Westerners evaluate themselves in an especially flattering way when faced with a social-evaluative threat. The current study first investigated whether East Asians also have a similar pattern by recruiting Chinese participants and using social-evaluative threat manip...

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Main Authors: Tianyang Zhang, Sisi Xi, Yan Jin, Yanhong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
self-evaluation
social threat
above-average effect
self-construal priming
social cognition
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01759/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01759/full

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