Perceiving a Stable Self-Concept Enables the Experience of Meaning in Life.

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-01 DOI:10.1177/01461672221150234
Charles Chu, Brian S Lowery
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We test the hypothesis that the perception of stability in one's self-concept (i.e., future self-continuity) enables the experience of meaning in life because perceiving a stable sense of self confers a sense of certainty to the self-concept. Study 1 provided initial evidence of the influence of future self-continuity on feelings of meaning in life (MIL) in a nationally representative sample. In Studies 2a and 2b, we manipulated future self-continuity by varying the expectedness of one's future self, demonstrating the causal influence of future self-continuity on self-certainty and feelings of MIL. Study 3 again manipulated future self-continuity, finding an indirect effect on feelings of meaning in life via self-certainty. Our findings thus suggest the experience of meaning in life arises from the perception of a stable sense of self. We discuss the implications for the antecedents and conceptualization of MIL as well as the nature of the self-concept.

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感知稳定的自我概念,体验生命的意义。
我们检验了这样一个假设,即一个人对自我概念稳定性的感知(即未来自我连续性)能够让人体验到生命的意义,因为感知到稳定的自我感觉会赋予自我概念一种确定感。研究 1 提供了具有全国代表性样本的未来自我连续性对人生意义感(MIL)影响的初步证据。在研究 2a 和 2b 中,我们通过改变对未来自我的预期来操纵未来自我连续性,从而证明了未来自我连续性对自我确定性和生命意义感的因果影响。研究 3 再次操纵了未来自我连续性,发现它通过自我确定性对人生意义感产生了间接影响。因此,我们的研究结果表明,人生意义的体验源于对稳定的自我意识的感知。我们将讨论 MIL 的前因和概念化以及自我概念性质的影响。
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期刊介绍: The Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin is the official journal for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. The journal is an international outlet for original empirical papers in all areas of personality and social psychology.
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