TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Arousal-induced self-awareness: an artifactual relationship?
JO  - Journal of personality and social psychology
A1  - McDonald, P. J.
A1  - Harris, S. G.
A1  - Maher, J. E.
SP  - 285
EP  - 289
VL  - 44
IS  - 2
N2  - The present research was designed to test an alternative explanation for the arousal-self-awareness link found by Wegner and Giuliano (1980). Specifically, it was suggested that the running-in-place manipulation used by Wegner and Giuliano may have increased self-awareness, not because of the increased arousal it engendered, but because of its "unusual" nature. To test this hypothesis, subjects were assigned to one of three conditions: (a) fast running (both arousing and unusual), (b) slow running (unusual but not arousing), (c) control (neither arousing nor unusual). Results supported the unusual-behavior hypothesis; subjects in both running groups, regardless of speed (and arousal), showed more self-awareness on a sentence completion form than did those subjects in the control condition. The implications of these results for self-awareness theory are considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -