@article{ref1,
title="What you want (and do not want) affects what you see (and do not see): avoidance social goals and social events",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2006",
author="Strachman, Amy and Gable, Shelly L.",
volume="32",
number="11",
pages="1446-1458",
abstract="Two studies examined the influence of approach and avoidance social goals on memory for and evaluation of ambiguous social information. Study 1 found that individual differences in avoidance social goals were associated with greater memory of negative information, negatively biased interpretation of ambiguous social cues, and a more pessimistic evaluation of social actors. Study 2 experimentally manipulated social goals and found that individuals high in avoidance social motivation remembered more negative information and expressed more dislike for a stranger in the avoidance condition than in the approach condition. Results suggest that avoidance social goals are associated with emphasizing potential threats when making sense of the social environment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167206291007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167206291007"
}