Niedenthal P M, Setterlund M B, Wherry M B
Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1992 Jul;63(1):5-16. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.63.1.5.
The complexity of people's self-concept appears to be inversely related to the intensity of their reactions to evaluative feedback about present goals and abilities (Linville, 1985, 1987). The idea that the complexity of individuals' possible self-concept similarly mediates reactions to feedback regarding future goals was investigated. Two preliminary studies suggested that complexity of the actual self only explains 20% to 30% of the variance in possible self-complexity. Three studies were conducted. Support was found for the idea that possible self-complexity mediates affective reactions to evaluative feedback about future goals and actual self-complexity mediates affective reactions to evaluative feedback about present goals. The findings underscore the independent roles of the organization of actual and possible self-concepts in affective processes.
人们自我概念的复杂性似乎与他们对当前目标和能力的评价反馈的反应强度呈负相关（林维尔，1985年，1987年）。研究了个体可能的自我概念的复杂性同样介导对关于未来目标的反馈的反应这一观点。两项初步研究表明，实际自我的复杂性仅解释了可能自我复杂性中20%至30%的方差。进行了三项研究。研究结果支持了以下观点：可能自我复杂性介导对关于未来目标的评价反馈的情感反应，而实际自我复杂性介导对关于当前目标的评价反馈的情感反应。这些发现强调了实际自我概念和可能自我概念的组织在情感过程中的独立作用。
