Feeling Like My Self: Emotion Profiles and Social Identity

Coleman, Nicole Verrochi; Williams, Patti

doi:10.1086/669483

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“…The knowledge structure of a social identity contains associations to cognitions, emotions, attitudes, values, and behaviors (Reed, 2004;Reed et al, 2012;Kleine et al, 1993;Coleman & Williams, 2013). These associations function as identity guides, promoting and enhancing identity enactment.…”

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Looking for my self: Identity‐driven attention allocation

Coleman

Williams

2015

J Consum Psychol

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This research builds on the motivational aspects of identity salience, finding that social identities direct the allocation of attention in identitysyntonic ways. Drawing from identity-based motivation (Oyserman, 2009;Reed, et al., 2012) we suggest individuals use attention to enhance identity-fit; selectively focusing on cues and stimuli that are identity-consistent. In two studies we find that activating a social identity drives preferential attention toward identity-relevant stimuli. Using a novel paradigm, Study 1 demonstrates that individuals strategically focus attention on identity-consistent emotional stimuli, while also shifting attention away from identity-inconsistent emotional stimuli. Using a dot-probe paradigm, Study 2 extends these results to show that individuals allocate attention toward both emotional and non-emotional (semantic associates) stimuli that are identity-consistent, and away from those that are incompatible. Consistent with theories suggesting cognition and perception are constructed (James, 1890/1983) and that identities direct and influence meaning-making (Oyserman, 2009;Reed et al., 2012), we find that social identities drive attention allocation, with identity-consistent stimuli receiving greater attention; suggesting that an identity's sense-making begins with motivated attention toward perceiving an identity-consistent environment.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Looking for my self: Identity‐driven attention allocation

Coleman

Williams

2015

J Consum Psychol

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“…An identity can also influence behavior by using emotions that are useful to that identity (Simpson & Stroh, ). For example, when people listened to songs that elicited anger, an athlete identity improved performance on an activity described as assessing people's fitness, as people perceive anger to be useful for athletes (Coleman & Williams, ). Another way in which the influence of an identity can occur is by identity threat.…”

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Self‐control: Information, priorities, and resources

Laran

2019

Consumer Psychology Review

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People routinely encounter situations in which they have to decide between following their long‐term interests and seeking short‐term pleasure. An act of self‐control occurs when people follow their long‐term interests (e.g., eat healthy food, save money), whereas an act of indulgence occurs when people seek short‐term pleasure (e.g., eat tasty but unhealthy food, spend a lot of money). Avoiding the temptation of short‐term pleasures is often difficult, and sometimes indulgence can lead to harmful outcomes. For this reason, research has understandably focused on uncovering the many factors that can facilitate or undermine self‐control. However, making sense of this voluminous output is difficult without an organizing framework. This article provides such a framework, which organizes previous findings around three psychological processes: information activation and inhibition, priority setting, and responses to resource availability. The article concludes with a discussion of research ideas in areas that will be especially relevant moving forward.

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“…Being in flow may be a phenomenologically unique psychological state in the domain of sport (Jackson & Csikszentmihalyi, 1999), presumably because of the emotional dynamics this pastime provides to fans (Madrigal & Chen, 2008). Emotions refer to valenced affective reactions to situations (Coleman & Williams, 2013). From the neurobiological point of view, affective responses to and adaptation to environments (e.g., fear and happiness) are a fundamental part of human nature (Wilson, 1978).…”

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The Effects of Implicit Team Identification (iTeam ID) on Revisit and WOM Intentions: A Moderated Mediation of Emotions and Flow

Chang

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Inoue

2018

Journal of Sport Management

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Through this study, attempts were made to (a) define the concept of implicit team identification (iTeam ID), (b) examine the effects the interactions between iTeam ID and emotions exert on flow, and (c) examine the behavioral consequences of flow in the context of spectator sports. The opponent process and implicit memory theories served as the study’s main theoretical frameworks. An experiment was conducted in which we developed the team identification implicit association test (Team ID IAT) as a measure of iTeam ID and manipulated spectators’ emotions based on their retrospective spectating experiences. We conclude from the findings that anger, fear, and sadness paradoxically enhanced flow experiences and subsequent consumption behaviors for spectators with stronger iTeam ID, whereas happiness was universally appealing regardless of the level of iTeam ID. A recommendation is to strategically create experiences that elicit both positive and negative emotions in spectators to encourage flow.

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Feeling Like My Self: Emotion Profiles and Social Identity

Cited by 99 publications

References 51 publications

Looking for my self: Identity‐driven attention allocation

Looking for my self: Identity‐driven attention allocation

Self‐control: Information, priorities, and resources

The Effects of Implicit Team Identification (iTeam ID) on Revisit and WOM Intentions: A Moderated Mediation of Emotions and Flow

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