Beyond self-esteem: influence of multiple motives on identity construction |
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Authors: | Vignoles Vivian L Regalia Camillo Manzi Claudia Golledge Jen Scabini Eugenia |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. v.l.vignoles@sussex.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | Diverse theories suggest that people are motivated to maintain or enhance feelings of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, efficacy, and meaning in their identities. Four studies tested the influence of these motives on identity construction, by using a multilevel regression design. Participants perceived as more central those identity elements that provided a greater sense of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, and meaning; this was found for individual, relational, and group levels of identity, among various populations, and by using a prospective design. Motives for belonging and efficacy influenced identity definition indirectly through their direct influences on identity enactment and through their contributions to self-esteem. Participants were happiest about those identity elements that best satisfied motives for self-esteem and efficacy. These findings point to the need for an integrated theory of identity motivation. |
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