Similarity and Uniqueness Focus : A Paper Tiger and A Surprise  

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Pennebaker, James ; Davies, Blossom ; Crepaz, Nicole ; Mendolia, Marilyn ; Beach, Steven R.H. ; Tesser, Abraham

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 24 no. 11 (1998), page 1190-1204.
Topik: SIMILARITY; paper tiger; uniqueness focus; similarity
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Two studies examined self - defensiveness as a result of thinking about one's intimate relationship in terms of self - partner similarity or uniqueness. Fifty married couples (Study 1) and 106 single women who were involved in romantic relationships (Study 2) wrote essays on self - partner similarities or uniqueness or on movies (control). All participants were then given threatening information - spouse outperformed self on a novel task (Study 1) - or negative feedback on desirable attributes (Study 2). Defensiveness was measured. Content analysis revealed that relationship - similarity essays were associated with good feelings, a "we" focus, and limited cognitive processing. Relationship - uniqueness essays were associated with a self - focus, negative feelings, and substantial cognitive processing in terms of understanding and assimilation. In neither study did relationship - similarity essays reduce defensiveness; in both studies, relationship - uniqueness reduced defensiveness. Results are discussed in terms of the syndromes produced by the similarity and uniqueness essays.

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