It takes two to mimic: behavioral consequences of self-construals |
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Authors: | van Baaren Rick B Maddux William W Chartrand Tanya L de Bouter Cris van Knippenberg Ad |
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Institution: | Department of Social Psychology, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. r.vanbaaren@psych.kun.nl |
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Abstract: | The present studies demonstrated the moderation of self-construal orientation on mimicry. Recent research has indicated that an interdependent self-construal is associated with assimilation of the other to the self whereas an independent self-construal is associated with minimizing the influence of others on the self (H. R. Markus & S. Kitayama, 1991; D. Stapel & W. Koomen, 2001). Therefore, the authors hypothesized that an interdependent self-construal would be associated with more mimicry than an independent self-construal. When self-construal orientations were experimentally primed, as in Studies 1 and 2, independent self-construals produced less nonconscious mimicry than interdependent self-construals. When self-construals were examined as cultural differences with either a chronically dominant independent (Americans) or interdependent (Japanese) construal of the self, these results were replicated. |
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