Abstract

AbstractThe dialectical self is the belief that one's self‐concept is inconsistent and malleable. This study examined the relations of the dialectical self to both personal well‐being and interpersonal relationships, along with hypothesized mediators of these relations: self‐concept control, self‐concept consistency, and self‐insight. A total of 140 participants completed measures of self‐concept and well‐being; in addition, friends of participants provided their assessment of the participant and their relationship. The results revealed that self‐concept control and self‐concept consistency serially mediated the relation between the dialectical self and (low) personal well‐being. In contrast, having a highly dialectical self was positively related to liking by one's friends, and this relation was mediated by self‐insight into one's own negative attributes.

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