dc.contributor.advisor | Arndt, Jamie | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Schlegel, Rebecca J. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 Spring | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 26, 2010). | eng |
dc.description | Thesis advisor: Dr. Jamie Arndt. | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Ph. D. University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Two studies were conducted to examine how the metaphors of discovery and creation influence the perceived validity of the true self. It was hypothesized that the metaphor of discovery would bolster the perceived validity of the true self, whereas the metaphor of creation would threaten its validity. It was further suggested that these hypothesized effects on the perceived validity of the true self would, in turn, influence the relationship between true self knowledge and meaning in life. Two experimental studies attempted to directly manipulate the salience of these two metaphors as well as measure participants self discovery and creation beliefs. Conceptually both studies supported the notion that the self-discovery metaphor facilitates the use of the true self as a source of meaning in life. Contrary to hypotheses, however, the creation metaphor did not threaten the perceived validity of the true self or its use as a source of meaning. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.format.extent | vi, 62 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 586052124 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/6784 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/6784 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | Access is limited to the campuses of the University of Missouri. | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Self | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Self-actualization (Psychology) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Self-acceptance | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Self psychology | eng |
dc.title | To discover or to create : metaphors and the true self | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Psychological sciences (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |