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2014

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Subjective And Objective Hierarchies And Their Relations To Psychological Well-Being: A U.S./Japan Comparison, Katherine B. Curhan, Cynthia S. Levine, Hazel Rose Markus, Jiyoung Park, Mayumi Karasawa, Gayle D. Love, Christopher L. Coe, Yuri Miyamoto, Carol D. Ryff Jan 2014

Subjective And Objective Hierarchies And Their Relations To Psychological Well-Being: A U.S./Japan Comparison, Katherine B. Curhan, Cynthia S. Levine, Hazel Rose Markus, Jiyoung Park, Mayumi Karasawa, Gayle D. Love, Christopher L. Coe, Yuri Miyamoto, Carol D. Ryff

Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series

Hierarchy can be conceptualized as objective social status (e.g., education level) or subjective social status (i.e., one's own judgment of one's status). Both forms predict well-being. This is the first investigation of the relative strength of these hierarchy-well-being relationships in the U.S. and Japan, cultural contexts with different normative ideas about how social status is understood and conferred. In probability samples of Japanese (N=1027) and U.S. (N=1805) adults, subjective social status more strongly predicted life satisfaction, positive affect, sense of purpose, and self acceptance in the U.S. than in Japan. In contrast, objective social status more strongly predicted life satisfaction, …


Self-Talk As A Regulatory Mechanism: How You Do It Matters, Ethan Kross, Emma Bruehlman-Senecal, Jiyoung Park, Aleah Burson, Adrienne Dougherty, Holly Shablack, Ryan Bremner, Jason Moser, Ozlem Ayduk Jan 2014

Self-Talk As A Regulatory Mechanism: How You Do It Matters, Ethan Kross, Emma Bruehlman-Senecal, Jiyoung Park, Aleah Burson, Adrienne Dougherty, Holly Shablack, Ryan Bremner, Jason Moser, Ozlem Ayduk

Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series

Does the language people use to refer to the self during introspection influence how they think, feel, and behave under social stress? If so, do these effects extend to socially anxious people who are particularly vulnerable to such stress? Seven studies explored these questions (total N = 585). Studies 1a and 1b were proof-of-principle studies. They demonstrated that using non-first-person pronouns and one's own name (rather than first-person pronouns) during introspection enhances self-distancing. Studies 2 and 3 examined the implications of these different types of self-talk for regulating stress surrounding making good first impressions (Study 2) and public speaking (Study …