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Self-Discrepancy: A Theory Relating Self and Affect
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. It is proposed that different types of self-discrepancies represent different types of negative psychological situations that are associated with different kinds of discomfort. Discrepan- cies between the actual/own self-state ( , the self-concept) and ideal self-states ( , representations of an individual's beliefs about his or her own or a sitmifieant other's hopes, wishes, or aspirations for the individual) signify the absence of positive outcomes, which is associated with dejection-related emotions ( , disappointment, dissatisfaction, sadness).
Elaborating on Freud's (1923/196 l) basic "superego'/"ego ideal" conceptions, Schafer (1967) and Piers and Singer (197 l) distinguished between the superego representing the moral con- science and the ideal self representing hopes and goals (see also Cameron, 1963). Cooley (1902/1964) also described a social ...
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