Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin articles from September 1997

Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin archives from September 1997

Avoidance personal goals and subjective well-being.
September 1, 1997... The present research comprises two studies designed to investigate both antecedents and consequences of pursuing avoidance (relative to approach) personal goals over the course of a semester-long period. Results revealed that neuroticism...

Romantic popularity and mate preferences: a peer-nomination study.
September 1, 1997... In their quest to understand romantic relationships, researchers have extensively examined mate preferences. Self-report methods have been most commonly employed. In this study, the authors used a methodology not employed in other studies...

Thinking about choking? Attentional processes and paradoxical performance.
September 1, 1997... When pressure to perform is increased, individuals commonly perform worse than if there were no pressure ("choking under pressure"). Two mechanisms have been proposed to account for this effect--distraction (cognitive load), wherein pressure...

Implementation intentions and the theory of planned behavior.
September 1, 1997... This study concerns the implications of Peter Gollwitzer's concept of implementation intentions for Icek Ajzen's theory of planned behavior Attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and intentions were assessed before an...

Collective self-esteem as a mediator of the relationship between allocentrism and subjective well-being.
September 1, 1997... The present studies examined the relationship between allocentrism and subjective well-being. In addition, the mediational role of collective self-esteem for ascribed and acquired groups was tested. Study 1 showed that the reliable...

Attention-grabbing vocal signals: impact on information processing and expectations.
September 1, 1997... Adults listened to children's verbalizations that differed in fundamental frequency ([f.sub.o]) or pitch, a vocal quality that has potential attention-eliciting properties. Undergraduate women listened to child messages in anticipation of...

Dispositional attributions require the joint application of the methods of difference and agreement.
September 1, 1997... Denis J. Hilton, Richard H. Smith, and Sung Hee Kim proposed in 1995 that making dispositional inferences requires the use of John Stuart Mill's method of agreement. However, their data were based on "incomplete" information that may have...

Adaptive changes in the self-concept during a life transition.
September 1, 1997... Theories about the self-concept suggest that different aspects of to the self are organized according to importance, or psychological centrality. The ways in which psychological centrality can change and how these changes are associated...