Including others in the self

By Arthur Aron, Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe, Debra J. Mashek, Gary W. Lewandowski, Stephen C. Wright, E. Aron. 2004

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Intergroup Contact and Grandparent–Grandchild Communication: The Effects of Self-Disclosure on Implicit and Explicit Biases Against Older People (2006, background): “Although previous work is consistent with the idea that self-disclosure leads to empathy and reduced anxiety rather than vice versa (e.g. Aron et al., 2004; Gudykunst, 1995), we considered an alternative model in which the order between self-disclosure and the empathy-anxiety pair was reversed.”
An Expanded Self is a More Capable Self: The Association between Self-concept Size and Self-efficacy (2013, background): “In these studies, individuals derive these benefits by engaging in self-expanding activities (i.e., novel, exciting, challenging, and interesting; Aron et al., 2004) with a romantic partner (e.”
Shared Reality: Experiencing Commonality with others' Inner States about the World (2009, neutral): “For instance, we have not addressed work on self–other overlap (e.g., Andersen & Chen, 2002; Aron et al., 2004), social representations (Moscovici, 1981), or oneness (Cialdini, Brown, Lewis, Luce, & Neuberg, 1997).”
Mnemic neglect: Selective amnesia of one’s faults (2016, background): “Because close friends are seen as a part of the self (e.g., inclusion of close others into the self-concept; Aron et al., 2004), the friend-referent behaviours should reflect an intermediate level of mnemic neglect.”
How Dual-Identity Processes Foster Creativity (2014, background): “…individuals form interpersonal and affective links with those cultures and gain knowledge of the language, customs, and culture of their new group (Aron et al., 2004; Carlson & Widaman, 1988; Douglas & Jones-Rikkers, 2001; Hadis, 2005; Schmid, Hewstone, & Al Ramiah, 2013; Verkuyten et al., 2010;…”
Improving intergroup relations with extended and vicarious forms of indirect contact (2014, background): “Participants have to choose the pair which best describes their relationship with the person: the more participants choose a pair of strongly overlapping circles, the closer that person is felt to be to the self (Aron et al., 2004).”
Psychological Flexibility as a Fundamental Aspect of Health (2010, background): “…you are on a date with your romantic partner of 10 years and both find yourselves seduced by the acid jazz emanating from a bar on the street, noticing this and changing plans to enter can be the type of behavior that sustains interest, excitement, and relationship satisfaction (Aron et al., 2004).”
Your heart makes my heart move: Cues of social connectedness cause shared emotions and physiological states among strangers. (2011, positive): “Complementing this approach, the present research suggests that psychologically the self and the other can blur (Aron et al., 2004).”
Another view of “we”: Majority and minority group perspectives on a common ingroup identity (2007, background): “…remember more positive information about ingroup members (Howard & Rothbart, 1980), see greater connection between other members of the ingroup and the self (Aron et al., 2004), and expect ingroup members to share one’s attitudes and values more than outgroup members (Robbins & Krueger, 2005).”