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Distinguishing the subjective and the objective aspects of self‐concept clarity
Author(s) -
Guerrettaz Jean,
Arkin Robert M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
social and personality psychology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 53
ISSN - 1751-9004
DOI - 10.1111/spc3.12243
Subject(s) - clarity , psychology , construct (python library) , social psychology , metacognition , cognitive psychology , epistemology , cognition , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , neuroscience , programming language , philosophy
Since its introduction, self‐concept clarity has been viewed as a construct related to the structure and organization of a person's self‐concept. We argue, however, that self‐concept clarity may best be understood as a combination of subjective, metacognitive beliefs about the self‐concept and objective structure and organization. We consider the unique influences of both objective and subjective clarity and offer some suggestions and novel hypotheses for investigating this proposed distinction.