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ERIC Number: ED303744
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Aug-14
Pages: 7
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Can You Tell a Self-Monitor by What She Wears?
Larkin, Judith E.; Pines, Harvey A.
Based on people's implicit expectations about how high and low self-monitors will present themselves, it was hypothesized that observers would be able to infer dispositional characteristics of the two personality types from their clothing preferences. To test this hypothesis, prototypical wardrobes were empirically constructed for the high and low self-monitors based on their actual preferences and, independently, on assessments of perceptions of the wardrobes and inferences about the person who would wear the clothing. College students (N=68) viewed slides of both wardrobes and rated each wardrobe and the characteristics of the person who would wear the clothes on 7-point scales selected for their relevance to self-monitoring behavior. The results revealed that, from the wardrobes alone, subjects distinguished important behavioral characteristics of high and low self-monitors consistent with predictions from the self-monitoring theory. (Author/NB)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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