Linkage between sets of trait information about the self and other

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K04259
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: Fukushima Osamu 新潟大学, 人文社会科学系, 教授 (40289723)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 自己概念 / 対人関係 / 特性情報 / 自己愛

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Social interaction in interpersonal relationships includes a lot of behavioral information about the self and other. Researchers have thougt that the whole of them is represented as trait information in relational schemas. One of the typical feature of schema theory is a relative independency of information between shcemas. Thus, trait information about the self and other within a relational schema is independent from one another. The present study produced some evidence about that, but the distinction between schemas was not so strict. In addition, the substantial variability of trait judgments was found not only between relationships but also within a specific relationship. People judge differently about their trait if they were at the same relatinship. We revealed that this variability is realted with individual differences such as narcissism.

Free Research Field

社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

対人関係における他者とのやり取りは、私たち自身に自己の特性に関する情報をもたらし、アイデンティティを支える証拠となる。その情報は、関係ごとに構成されると考えたが、想定よりもその区分は明確ではなかった。自己の特性情報は、関係によるゆるやかな区分けを持ちながら、関係内においても一定の範囲で日々変動するという性質をもつようである。こうした特性の自己認識の不確かさは、不確実な事態を受容する人の柔軟性について私たちの理解を一歩進めるものである。