2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.07.008
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A friend is a present you give to your “Self”: Avoidance of intimacy moderates the effects of friends on self-liking

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“…Study 3 replicated the main findings of Study 2; participants low in self‐esteem had smaller self‐discrepancies after thinking about their favorite celebrity as compared to those in the control condition (who described Regis Philbin). In addition, Study 3 demonstrated that, as work by Murray and colleagues (Murray et al, 1996, 2000; Murray et al, 1998; Murray et al, 2002; Murray et al, 2008) would suggest, relationship partners do not reduce self‐discrepancies for low self‐esteem people (as they do for people who are comfortable with closeness; Gabriel et al, 2008). In other words, the reductions in self‐discrepancies for low self‐esteem people are specific to parasocial relationships.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
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“…Study 3 replicated the main findings of Study 2; participants low in self‐esteem had smaller self‐discrepancies after thinking about their favorite celebrity as compared to those in the control condition (who described Regis Philbin). In addition, Study 3 demonstrated that, as work by Murray and colleagues (Murray et al, 1996, 2000; Murray et al, 1998; Murray et al, 2002; Murray et al, 2008) would suggest, relationship partners do not reduce self‐discrepancies for low self‐esteem people (as they do for people who are comfortable with closeness; Gabriel et al, 2008). In other words, the reductions in self‐discrepancies for low self‐esteem people are specific to parasocial relationships.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Yet, relationships can help reduce this tension. Friends can bring people closer to their ideal self, particularly in people who are comfortable being close to others (Gabriel, Carvallo, Jaremka, & Tippin, 2008). This arises through ''basking in the reflected glory'' of a relationship partner who embodies one's ideals for the self (Cialdini et al, 1976).…”
Section: Interpersonal Relationships and Selfdiscrepanciesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…They become more willing to self-disclose, show more empathy (Knowles, 2007), and demonstrate social facilitation effects (Gardner & Knowles, 2008). They even become more similar to their ideal selves (Derrick, , a phenomenon elicited by only the closest of relationships (Drigotas, Rusbult, Wieselquist, & Whitton, 1999;Gabriel, Carvallo, Jaremka, & Tippin, 2008).…”
Section: Human's Sociality and Parasocialitymentioning
confidence: 99%