• The impact of current failures on the evaluation of future goals: Different mechanisms of action in high and low self-threat situations

    Subjects: Psychology >> Social Psychology submitted time 2022-03-04

    Abstract:

    " [Objective]The study was conducted to investigate the effect of current performance feedback on predicted well-being of well performance in this task in the future and its mechanism. [Methods]In study 1, participants were required to complete task A and task B and given feedback. Chi-square test of contingency table 4 (different feedback conditions: good scores on test A and test B, good scores on test A but poor scores on test B, poor scores on test A but good scores on test B, and poor scores on test A and test B) ×3 (predicted well-being level: high, equal, low) was conducted. The study 2 focused on the moderating role of self-threat situations and the mediating role of affection experience and self-esteem in the effect of current performance feedback on predicted well-being. [Results]In study 1, the results showed that the expected well-being under different feedback conditions was different, which proved the "grasp the nettle" hypothesis. In study 2, the results showed that affection experience and self-esteem played a chain mediating role in the relationship between current performance feedback and predicted well-being. Moreover, there were significant differences in the relationship between the current performance feedback and the predicted well-being in the high and low self-threat situations, indicating that self-threat situations played a moderating role in the mediating model, which proved the "belittle the goal" hypothesis. [Limitations]The research mainly discussed the research on predicted well-being, and did not involve the experience of future actual well-being. In the low self-threat situation, the specific process mechanism of the inverted u-shaped relationship between current performance feedback and predicted well-being needs further research.. [Conclusions](1) High and low self-threat situations moderated the relationship between current performance feedback and predicted well-being; (2) Affection experience and self-esteem played a chain mediating role in the relationship between current performance feedback and predicted well-being.; (3) High and low self-threat situations played a moderating role in the chain mediation model from current performance feedback to affection experience path; (4) The "belittle the goal" hypothesis was proved in high self-threat situation, and the "grasp the nettle" hypothesis was partially established in low self-threat situation. "

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  • The intersubjective turn in psychoanalysis: Theoretical features and divergences

    Subjects: Psychology >> History of Psychology Subjects: Psychology >> Clinical and Counseling Psychology submitted time 2021-10-07

    Abstract: Intersubjective theory is one of the most important approaches in the field of contemporary psychoanalysis. Compared with the more traditional psychoanalysis, its theoretical characteristics can be concluded as follows: from a distinction of inside/outside space to an emphasis on in between space, from a subject-object relationship to a subject-subject relationship, from insight to action, from foundationalism and positivism to hermeneutics and constructivism. Despite the confusion of terminology and divergence of viewpoints, the intersubjective turn has spread to almost every psychoanalytic schools and widely influenced many analysts in North America, Europe and Latin America. Future intersubjective theory needs to keep open and make a constant dialogue with previous theories, clinical materials, and other disciplinary areas." "

  • Constructive or destructive? A dual-pathway model of shame

    Subjects: Psychology >> Applied Psychology submitted time 2020-04-28

    Abstract: Shame is a self-conscious emotion that plays an important role in individual behaviour and personal psychological development. Shame is also a significant moral emotion in traditional Chinese culture and is a major way that Chinese people examine themselves and their own behaviours. There are two opposing views on the value of shame. In other words, is shame a constructive or a destructive emotion? Theoretical models include: (1) Shame as a destructive emotion includes models of social self-threat and shame adjustment and so on. (2) Shame as a constructive emotion includes those models of evolutionary psychology as well as the functionalist perspective. Both views on shame are supported by a large number of empirical studies. In order to examine the concept of shame systematically and comprehensively, this paper proposes a dual-pathway structural model with the goal of improving our understanding of the mechanisms underlying shame-induced behaviours. In our study, we highlight the critical role of social self-threat and the need to repair social self-image. Future studies are needed to develop more objective and comprehensive measures of shame and take account of the cultural factors that influence social self-healing. More objective analyses are needed to help people understand the interpretation of shame as experienced by those from different cultural backgrounds. Thus, more targeted interventions can be proposed and facilitate the constructive transformation of the potentially destructive consequences of individual shame. " "