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Self-discrepancy Reduction

Self-Discrepancy Reduction is a psychological construct that refers to the process by which individuals minimize the perceived gap between their actual self and their ideal or ought self through goal-directed behaviors and cognitive reappraisals.

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Objective Self-Awareness Theory: Recent Progress and Enduring Problems

Paul J. Silvia, Thomas Shelley Duval · Personality and Social Psychology Review · 2001 · 451 citations

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Discrepancies between explicit and implicit self-concepts: Consequences for information processing.

Pablo Briñol, Richard E. Petty, S. Christian Wheeler · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2006 · 225 citations

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The diminishing criterion model for metacognitive regulation of time investment.

Rakefet Ackerman · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2013 · 149 citations

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Effects of self-focus, discrepancy between self and standard, and outcome expectancy favorability on the tendency to match self to standard or to withdraw.

Thomas Shelley Duval, Virginia H. Duval, John‐Paul Mulilis · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1992 · 92 citations

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Prevalence and prediction of positive discrepancy creation: Examining a discrepancy between two self-regulation theories.

Jean M. Phillips, John R. Hollenbeck, Daniel R. Ilgen · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1996 · 89 citations

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Authors

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  1. TS
    Thomas Shelley Duval

    University of Southern California, United States

    4 publications · 644 citations

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  2. RE
    Richard E. Petty

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 249 citations

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  3. JM
    John‐Paul Mulilis

    University of Southern California, United States

    2 publications · 171 citations

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  4. PJ
    Paul J. Silvia

    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States

    2 publications · 504 citations

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  5. DE
    Donna Eisenstadt

    City University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 95 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    587 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    273 citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    125 citations

  4. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    100 citations

  5. Hamburg Institut (Germany)

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    451 citations

  6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    89 citations

  7. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  8. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    89 citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    8 publications · 659 citations

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Review

    PSPR · 2 publications · 526 citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  4. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. British Journal of Clinical Psychology

    1 publications · 51 citations

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