親疏遠近之差：拒絕來源對於自我概念清晰度的影響
Author(s):
Jia-Sin Hong (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Pingtung University)
Abstract:
Close relationships and identified groups play an important role in the construction and maintenance of the self. Through interaction with others, individuals could obtain a clear sense of who they are. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that social rejection results in self-concept confusion and rejections form important family/friends should damage self-concept clarity more than rejections form acquaintances/strangers. In study 1 (n = 435), participants were randomly assigned to recall a designated past event (rejected by important person, rejected by social group, rejected by acquaintances/strangers, or their commute route to work). Participants recalling rejections form important others and social groups reported lower self-concept clarity than those in acquaintance rejection and control conditions. Relational-interdependent self-construal is the moderator the relationship between source of rejection and self-concept clarity. Study 2 (n = 295) found that important person rejection decreased individuals’ self-concept clarity, but rejection sensitivity didn’t moderate this effect. In study 3, longitudinal methods (n = 58) was used and found that reported rejections by important family/friends, as opposed to by acquaintances, predict lower self-concept clarity. It is suggested that although all kinds of rejections hurt individuals’ belongingness, only the rejection by important others or social groups reduces self-concept clarity. In counselling practice, accurately identifying the source of an individual’s rejection is important. When an individual perceives rejection from important others, it is crucial to address not only their emotional experiences but also to support the maintenance of a clear and coherent self-concept.
Keywords:
self-concept clarity、rejection sensitivity、social rejection、important other people、relational-interdependent self-construal
