Transcription of Self-Discrepancy: A Theory Relating Self and Affect
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Psycholo0cal Review Copyright 1987 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 1987, Vol. 94, No. 3, 319-340 0033-295X/87/$ Self-Discrepancy: A Theory Relating Self and Affect E. Tory Higgins New York University This article presents a Theory of how different types of discrepancies between self-state representa- tions are related to different kinds of emotional vulnerabilities. One domain of the self (actual; ideal; ought) and one standpoint on the self (own; significant other) constitute each type of self-state representation.
emotions (e.g., disappointment, dissatisfaction, sadness). In contrast, discrepancies between the ac- tual/own self-state and ought self-states (i.e., representations of an individual's beliefs about his or her own or a significant other's beliefs about …
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