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Positive-More than unbiased-Self-perceptions increase subjective authenticity
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct 19. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000359. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAuthenticity is often described using terms like "real," "genuine," and "true" suggesting that unbiased and objective self-perception is a core component of the construct. However, people tend to view themselves in an overly positive way. Therefore, we propose that experiencing a positive self-versus an unbiased self-will increase authenticity. We find support for this in seven studies (Ntotal = 1,795) with two operationalizations of self-rated authenticity: attributed and state authenticity. We find that authenticity emerges from posi...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erica R Bailey Sheena S Iyengar Source Type: research

Gender differences and variability in creative ability: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the greater male variability hypothesis in creativity
We examined the GMVH in creativity, along with mean gender differences, in a range of indicators of creativity and across different sample characteristics and measurement approaches. Effect sizes (k = 1,003) were calculated using information retrieved from 194 studies (N = 68,525). Data were analyzed using three-level meta-analysis and metaregression and publication bias was evaluated using Egger's regression test and contour-enhanced funnel plots. Results revealed minimal gender differences overall, with a slight mean advantage for females (g = -0.10, 95% CI [-0.13, -0.06]) and a trivial variability advantage for males (l...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christa L Taylor Sameh Said-Metwaly Ana ëlle Camarda Baptiste Barbot Source Type: research

Too na ïve to lead: When leaders fall for flattery
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000433. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFlattery is one of the oldest and most commonly used impression-management tactics in everyday life. Though it often brings benefits to the flatterer, less is known about how it affects the target. In the present research, we explore when and why being flattered can be costly for leaders-common targets of flattery-depending on how they respond to it. We suggest that leaders who are observed rewarding flatterers risk appearing naïve to others. Across seven studies and six supplementary studies (N = 4,612), we find evidence that leaders ...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Benjamin A Rogers Ovul Sezer Nadav Klein Source Type: research

"Thanks, but no thanks": Gratitude expression paradoxically signals distance
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000435. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany studies have found that feelings and expressions of gratitude bring profound benefits to people and relationships. We complicate this view of gratitude. We examine two variables known to impact people's expectations for relationships: culture (collectivist vs. individualist) and relational distance (close vs. distant), and we find evidence that expressing gratitude conveys that relationship expectations have been exceeded, such that people view it as less desirable to give and receive gratitude for actions that are expected duties ...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jiaqi Yu Shereen J Chaudhry Source Type: research

The development of personality-From metatraits to facets-Across adolescence and into adulthood in a sample of Mexican-origin youth
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000487. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe time between adolescence and adulthood is a transformative period of development. During these years, youth are exploring work, relationships, and worldviews while gaining the capacities needed to take on adult roles. These social and psychological processes are reflected in how personality develops across this period. Most youth personality development research has focused on the Big Five domains, ignoring the hierarchical structure of personality and missing broader, higher order processes and more specific, lower order processes....
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Whitney R Ringwald Aleksandra Kaurin Katherine M Lawson Aidan G C Wright Richard W Robins Source Type: research

A prosocial value intervention in gateway STEM courses
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000356. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany college students, especially first-generation and underrepresented racial/ethnic minority students, desire courses and careers that emphasize helping people and society. Can instructors of introductory science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses promote motivation, performance, and equity in STEM fields by emphasizing the prosocial relevance of course material? We developed, implemented, and evaluated a prosocial utility-value intervention (UVI): A course assignment in which students were asked to reflect on the proso...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judith M Harackiewicz Cameron A Hecht Michael W Asher Patrick N Beymer Liana B Lamont Natalie S Wheeler Nicole M Else-Quest Stacy J Priniski Jessi L Smith Janet S Hyde Dustin B Thoman Source Type: research

Divergent effects of warmth and competence social rejection: An explanation based on the need-threat model
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000440. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBased on the need-threat model, we hypothesized that "warmth rejection" threatens belongingness more than "competence rejection," whereas competence rejection threatens sense of efficacy more than warmth rejection. To restore threatened belongingness, warmth (vs. competence) rejection was predicted to result in higher affiliative responses. In contrast, to restore the threatened sense of efficacy, competence (vs. warmth) rejection would lead to higher self-focus. Across six studies, we found that the participants exhibited more affiliat...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Feifei Chen Tieyuan Guo Jian Wang Source Type: research

The civilian's dilemma: Civilians exhibit automatic defensive responses to the police
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000439. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInteractions between police officers and civilians incur for both police and civilians the possibility of danger due to a nonzero likelihood of encountering a physical threat. A body of work examining the implications of threat processes during police-civilian interactions focuses almost exclusively on the perspective of police officers, under the auspice that police use-of-force decisions stem from perceptions and misperceptions of threat (e.g., research on the shooter bias). Almost no research has examined these dynamics from the pers...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - October 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vincenzo J Olivett David S March Source Type: research