Self‐expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships and Beyond

By Arthur Aron, E. Aron, Christina C. Norman. 2007

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences (2018, background): “The authors based their research on self-expansion theory (Aron et al. 1991) and on the assumption that in an intimate relationship, individuals increasingly incorporate their partners’ resources, perspectives, and identities into their own self-concept (Aron & Aron 1986, Aron et al. 2005).”
What makes leadership, leadership? Using self-expansion theory to integrate traditional and contemporary approaches (2013, background): “between self-expansion and other approaches such as self-efficacy (Aron et al., 2001), expectancy theory (Aron & Aron, 1996), need theory (Lewandowski & Ackerman, 2006), and equity theory (Ledbetter, Stassen-Ferrara, & Dowd, 2012) have been discussed in the social psychological literature.”
Explaining supervisor–subordinate guanxi and subordinate performance through a conservation of resources lens (2019, background): “Individuals are motivated to self-expand one resource in order to increase other resources to achieve their goals (Aron et al., 2001).”
How we relate to brands: Psychological and neurophysiological insights into consumer–brand relationships (2012, background): “An important note is that this arousal mechanism may not only work for the extreme cases of close relationship versus no relationship but may also operate on a continuum from low arousal levels for neutral relationships through medium arousal levels for less close relationships to high levels of aro”
Growing Followers: Exploring the Effects of Leader Humility on Follower Self‐Expansion, Self‐Efficacy, and Performance (2018, unknown): “Humans have a basic motivation to develop close interpersonal relationships to gain material, informational, and social resources from others (Aron et al., 2001), and self-expansion is one effective strategy for developing such intimate bonds and securing those resources (DysSteenbergen et al.,…”
Neural basis of extraordinary empathy and altruistic motivation (2010, background): “Prior social psychological research has shown that inclusion of another person in the self leads to enhanced empathy (Aron et al., 2004) and altruistic motivation (Cialdini et al., 1997).”
Of Memes and Marriage: Toward a Positive Relationship Science (2010, unknown): “, Aron et al., 2000, Studies 3–5) and ruled out cooperation (Aron & Norman, 2005) and arousal as responsible for the effect (Lewandowski & Aron, 2005). Finally, Strong and Aron argued convincingly that it is increased positive affect that mediates the relationship between these activities and relati”
The Suffocation of Marriage: Climbing Mount Maslow Without Enough Oxygen (2014, background): “Self-expansion theory suggests that humans have a fundamental drive toward personal growth, and an essential means through which they pursue such growth is through romantic relationships (Aron & Aron, 1986; Aron, Aron, & Norman, 2001).”