Identity Negotiation in Roommate Relationships: The Self as Architect and Consequence of Social Reality

The authors report two longitudinal studies of new college roommates ( Ns = 69 and 95 pairs). In both studies, targets' initial self-views predicted changes in perceivers' appraisals of them, and perceivers' initial appraisals predicted changes in targets' self-views, although re...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1994-12, Vol.67 (6), p.1012-1023
Main Authors: McNulty, Shawn E, Swann, William B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude Change
Biological and medical sciences
College Students
Consequence
Dormitories
Ego
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Identity
Impression Formation
Interpersonal Relations
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Negotiating
Negotiation
Perceptions
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Roommates
Self image
Self representation
Self-concept
Self-Perception
Social life
Social psychology
Social relations
Students
Universities
USA
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Summary:The authors report two longitudinal studies of new college roommates ( Ns = 69 and 95 pairs). In both studies, targets' initial self-views predicted changes in perceivers' appraisals of them, and perceivers' initial appraisals predicted changes in targets' self-views, although relatively few dyads displayed both effects. The perceiver-driven and target-driven effects occurred when appraisals and self-views were negative as well as positive. Implications for self-verification theory and symbolic interactionism are discussed, and a less restrictive model of how appraisals influence self-views is proposed.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.67.6.1012