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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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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Kim, Jinwon Moon, Kibum Kim, Sojeong Kim, Hackjin Ko, Young-gun The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image |
title | The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image |
title_full | The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image |
title_fullStr | The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image |
title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between mental representations of self and social evaluation: Examining the validity and usefulness of visual proxies of self-image |
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 |
topic | Psychology |
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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