Taking it Personally: Individual Differences in the Interpretation of Negative Evaluations

Taking it Personally: Individual Differences in the Interpretation of Negative Evaluations

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Main Author: Peterson, Ashlei Margaret
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2016
Subjects:
Developmental Psychology
Attachment
Interal Working Models
Individual Differences
Evaluations
Feedback
Social Information Processing
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460372882
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu14603728822021-08-03T06:35:32Z Taking it Personally: Individual Differences in the Interpretation of Negative Evaluations Peterson, Ashlei Margaret Developmental Psychology Attachment Interal Working Models Individual Differences Evaluations Feedback Social Information Processing Dispositional feedback, regardless of valence, has various negative behavioral consequences. However, what exactly is evaluated in feedback can be ambiguous and result in different interpretations. Until now, individual differences in subjective processing of feedback have been largely unexplored. Are some people more likely to take feedback personally? In this paper, we proposed that one’s interpretation of negative, ambiguous remarks is associated with his or her attachment security, i.e. their internal working models. This hypothesis was tested via survey methodology. In Study 1, participants differed in their interpretations of ambiguous, negative evaluations based on their attachment status. Fearful individuals, those with negative internal working models of both the self and others, were significantly more likely to take feedback personally than secure participants. In Study 2, participants uniformly rated 30 negative adjectives’ descriptiveness for various referents, ruling out individual differences in the perception of default referents for negative remarks void of context. In Study 3, the type of relationship between individuals globally affected participants’ interpretations of ambiguous, negative remarks and participants displayed attachment differences in their interpretation of evaluations from a third- vs. first-person perspective. These results provide initial evidence of attachment-related differences in the likelihood to take negative evaluations personally. 2016-09-01 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460372882 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460372882 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Developmental Psychology
Attachment
Interal Working Models
Individual Differences
Evaluations
Feedback
Social Information Processing
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Attachment
Interal Working Models
Individual Differences
Evaluations
Feedback
Social Information Processing
Peterson, Ashlei Margaret
Taking it Personally: Individual Differences in the Interpretation of Negative Evaluations
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