Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 18-22.

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The Effect of Self-esteem Level, Event Valence and Temporal Distance on Temporal Distance Estimation of Past Events

YAO Guo-jing1, ZHANG Feng2   

  1. 1. Department of Social Science, Youjiang Medical College for Nationalities, Baise 533000, China;
    2. School of Education Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
  • Online:2013-01-15 Published:2013-01-15

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Abstract: Temporal self-appraisal theory in western culture suggests that people can maintain positive present self-esteem by enhancing earlier selves who feel close and disparaging past selves who feel distant. With the method of evaluation on a line, we conducted 2 experiments to investigate the effect of self-esteem level, event valence and temporal distance on temporal distance estimation of past events with 311 Chinese college students for testing temporal self-appraisal theory's cultral universality. The results showed that:In the same temporal distance, temporal distance estimation of past event had no significant difference in event valence, self-esteem level and their interaction; Temporal distance estimation of past event had a significant difference in temporal distance, the interaction between event valence and temporal distance was significant, and in the negative valence, there had a significant difference in temporal distance, but in the positive valence, there had no significant difference in temporal distance. In conclusion, the results of this study didnt support the temporal self-appraisal theory based on western culture.

Key words: temporal self-appraisal theory, past event, temporal distance estimation, self-esteem leavel, event valence

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  • B844.3
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