title: The influence of acceptance goals on self-presentational efforts.
abstract: The current work examined whether self-presentational efforts are influenced differently when people hold a goal to establish, maintain or repair an interpersonal connection. Results supported the counterintuitive prediction that participants with a repair goal would convey a less favourably oriented persona (e.g. less friendly, less similar and less genuine) compared to those with an establish or maintain goal. The efforts of repair goal participants were also perceived as less effective. The analysis also showed that certain self-presentation dimensions (i.e. friendliness, genuineness and similarity) mediated the relationship between acceptance goals and perceived effectiveness. The findings extend and contribute to the self-presentation and belongingness literatures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Miranda M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McIntyre
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D012929:Psychological Distance
keywords: Acceptance goals; Belongingness; Self-presentation