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It feels like yesterday: Self-esteem, valence of personal past experiences, and judgments of subjective distance.

Ross, Michael, Wilson, Anne E.·2002·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.82.5.792

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Supporting predictions from temporal self-appraisal theory, participants in 3 studies reported feeling farther from former selves and experiences with unfavorable implications for their current self-view than from equally distant selves and experiences with flattering implications. This distancing bias occurred when assignment to negative and positive pasts was random, for both achievement and social outcomes and for single episodes as well as longer term experiences. Consistent with a motivational interpretation, the distancing bias was stronger among high than low self-esteem participants and occurred for personal but not for acquaintances' past events. Frequency of rehearsal and ease of recall of past episodes also predicted feelings of distance, but these variables did not account for the Self-Esteem x Valence interaction on subjective distancing of personal events.

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Authors: Ross, M., & Wilson, A. E.
Affiliations: University of Waterloo (CA)
Wilfrid Laurier University (CA)
ORCID: Wilson, Anne E.
Venue: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2002
Volume: 82
Issue: 5
Pages: 792-803
ISSN: 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
1939-1315
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.82.5.792
OpenAlex: W2065877805
Cited by: 348
References: 59
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FWCI: 17.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords: self-esteem, subjective distance, prior experience, self-view, memory retrieval
MeSH terms: Achievement, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Individuality, Judgment, Male, Motivation, Mental Recall, Self Concept, Psychological Distance, Students

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