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The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image

Reverse correlation (RC) method has been recently used to visualize mental representations of self. Previous studies have mainly examined the relationship between psychological aspects measured by self-reports and classification images of self (self-CIs), which are visual proxies of self-image gener...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jinwon, Moon, Kibum, Kim, Sojeong, Kim, Hackjin, Ko, Young-gun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710754
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937905
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author Kim, Jinwon
Moon, Kibum
Kim, Sojeong
Kim, Hackjin
Ko, Young-gun
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Moon, Kibum
Kim, Sojeong
Kim, Hackjin
Ko, Young-gun
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description Reverse correlation (RC) method has been recently used to visualize mental representations of self. Previous studies have mainly examined the relationship between psychological aspects measured by self-reports and classification images of self (self-CIs), which are visual proxies of self-image generated through the RC method. In Experiment 1 (N = 118), to extend the validity of self-CIs, we employed social evaluation on top of self-reports as criterion variables and examined the relationship between self-CIs and social evaluation provided by clinical psychologists. Experiment 1 revealed that the valence ratings of self-CIs evaluated by independent raters predicted social evaluation after controlling for the effects of self-reported self-esteem and extraversion. Furthermore, in Experiment 2 (N = 127), we examined whether a computational scoring method – a method to assess self-CIs without employing independent raters – could be applied to evaluate the valence of participants’ self-CIs. Experiment 2 found that the computational scores of self-CIs were comparable to independent valence ratings of self-CIs. We provide evidence that self-CIs can add independent information to self-reports in predicting social evaluation. We also suggest that the computational scoring method can complement the independent rating process of self-CIs. Overall, our findings reveal that self-CIs are a valid and useful tool to examine self-image more profoundly.
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spelling pubmed-98782932023-01-27 The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image Kim, Jinwon Moon, Kibum Kim, Sojeong Kim, Hackjin Ko, Young-gun Front Psychol Psychology Reverse correlation (RC) method has been recently used to visualize mental representations of self. Previous studies have mainly examined the relationship between psychological aspects measured by self-reports and classification images of self (self-CIs), which are visual proxies of self-image generated through the RC method. In Experiment 1 (N = 118), to extend the validity of self-CIs, we employed social evaluation on top of self-reports as criterion variables and examined the relationship between self-CIs and social evaluation provided by clinical psychologists. Experiment 1 revealed that the valence ratings of self-CIs evaluated by independent raters predicted social evaluation after controlling for the effects of self-reported self-esteem and extraversion. Furthermore, in Experiment 2 (N = 127), we examined whether a computational scoring method – a method to assess self-CIs without employing independent raters – could be applied to evaluate the valence of participants’ self-CIs. Experiment 2 found that the computational scores of self-CIs were comparable to independent valence ratings of self-CIs. We provide evidence that self-CIs can add independent information to self-reports in predicting social evaluation. We also suggest that the computational scoring method can complement the independent rating process of self-CIs. Overall, our findings reveal that self-CIs are a valid and useful tool to examine self-image more profoundly. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9878293/ /pubmed/36710754 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937905 Text en Copyright © 2023 Kim, Moon, Kim, Kim and Ko. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Kim, Jinwon
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Kim, Sojeong
Kim, Hackjin
Ko, Young-gun
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title The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image
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title_short The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image
title_sort relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710754
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937905
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